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This mortal boy
Kidman, Fiona, 1940-
| Published | 2018 · Vintage |
| ISBN | 9780143771807 |
| Physical | 295 pages ; 24 cm |
Black, Albert, died 1955 -- Fiction.
Murderers -- New Zealand -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.
New Zealand -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Auckland (N.Z.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
"Albert Black, known as the 'jukebox killer', was only twenty when he was convicted of murdering another young man in a fight at a milk bar in Auckland on 26 July 1955. His crime fuelled growing moral panic about teenagers, and he was to hang less than five months later, the second-to-last person to be executed in New Zealand. But what really happened? Was this a love crime, was it a sign of juvenile delinquency? Or was this dark episode in our recent history more about our society's reaction to outsiders?"--Publisher information.
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