The arsonist : a mind on fire / Chloe Hooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hooper, Chloe, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fire investigation--Australia--Latrobe Valley (Vic.).

Fire investigation.

Australia.

Arson investigation--Australia--Latrobe Valley (Vic.).

Arson investigation.

Forest fires--Australia--Latrobe Valley (Vic.).

Forest fires.

Victoria--Latrobe Valley.

Genre:

True crime stories.

Physical Description:

264 pages : maps ; 21 cm

Edition:

First US edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, 2020.

Summary:

"The true story of the most devastating wildfire in Australian history and the search for the man who started it. What kind of person would deliberately start a firestorm? What kind of mind? On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. In the Valley, where the rates of crime were the highest in the state, more than thirty people were known to the police as firebugs. But the detectives soon found themselves on the trail of a man they didn't know. The Arsonist takes readers on the hunt for this man, and inside the strange puzzle of his mind. This book is also the story of fire in Australia, and of a community that owed its existence to that very element. The command of fire has defined and sustained us as a species--understanding its abuse will shape our future. A powerful true-crime thriller written with Hooper's trademark lyric detail and nuance, The Arsonist is a reminder that in an age of fire, all of us are gatekeepers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Detectives

pt. II The Lawyers

pt. III The Courtroom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261).

Other Format:

Online version: Hooper, Chloe, 1973- Arsonist

ISBN:

9781644210000

1644210002

OCLC:

1127799281