{"product_id":"killing-paperback-1","title":"Killing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Sparrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow hard is it to kill, as a hunter on a Kangaroo cull, as a worker in an abattoir, as an executioner in a prison, as a soldier at war?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNinety years after World War I, police in a Victorian country town uncover the mummified head of a Turkish soldier, a bullet-ridden souvenir brought home from Gallipoli by a returning ANZAC. The macabre discovery sets Jeff Sparrow on a quest to understand the nature of deadly violence. How do ordinary people-whether in today's wars or in 1915-learn to take a human life? How do they live with the aftermath?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese questions lead Sparrow through history and across Australia and the USA, talking to veterans and slaughtermen, executioners and writers about one of the last remaining taboos. Compassionate, engaged and political, \u003cem\u003eKilling\u003c\/em\u003e takes us up close to the ways society kills today, meditating on what violence means, not just for perpetrators, but for all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Sparrow\u003c\/b\u003e is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eRadical Melbourne: A Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRadical Melbourne 2: The Enemy Within\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of \u003ci\u003eCommunism: A Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the 2007 Colin Roderick Award, as well as co-author of \u003ci\u003eLeft Turn\u003c\/i\u003e with Anthony Loewenstein. He is the editor of the Australian literary journal \u003ci\u003eOverland\u003c\/i\u003e and writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eCrikey\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48343218061533,"sku":"9780522856347","price":43.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Uts7ZzdtPI9780522856347_df1328a7-db12-4da5-8eb0-d7f5e26f873f.webp?v=1786061794","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/killing-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}