Unveiling the Dark Secrets Behind John J Lennon’s The Tragedy of True Crime: A Must-Read Review
“When I reported out the lives of Shane, Milton, and Rob, the experience became a foil for me to better understand the good-versus-evil binary is lazy storytelling. It’s also an inaccurate depiction of why violence occurs,” Lennon says. It struck me that this is a reminder for any of us writing nonfiction and memoir: no real-life character is ever one-dimensional.
Acts III, “The Time,” and Act IV, “The Reckoning,” trace the men’s many years in prison. In addition to following the lives of his subjects, Lennon explores aspects of prison culture: addiction and rampant drug use, fights and brutality among prisoners, the high incidence of mental health problems among the incarcerated. In some cases, these issues are considered in the stories of the men Lennon profiles. In other cases, he’s seamlessly woven them into the narrative.
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