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Killer Books: Professor David Wilson and Marcel Theroux

Novelist and presenter Marcel Theroux and criminologist Professor David Wilson combine their professional backgrounds to discuss books that have motivated murder!

Killer Books: Professor David Wilson and Marcel Theroux

About Killer Books: Professor David Wilson and Marcel Theroux

15th October 2024
7.30pm
The Old Fruitmarket
The Old Fruitmarket Candleriggs, Glasgow City Centre G1 1NQ
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Why do some novels inspire people to commit murder? Which fictional characters and plots arouse lethal violence in the real world? How does fiction become crime fact?

Novelist and presenter Marcel Theroux and one of the country’s leading criminologists Professor David Wilson combine their professional backgrounds to discuss books that have motivated murder and how fiction can sometimes become fact.

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