{"product_id":"boys-enter-the-house-david-nelson-9781641604864","title":"Boys Enter the House: The Victims of John Wayne Gacy and the Lives They Left Behind","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Here is a work that emphasizes the full view of the lives of those young people that Gacy took. . . . It is essentially the Gacy story in reverse. Victims first.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --Jeff Coen, author of \u003ci\u003eMurder in Canaryville\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As investigators brought out the bagged remains of several dozen young men from a small Chicago ranch home and paraded them in front of a crowd of TV reporters and spectators, attention quickly turned to the owner of the house. John Gacy was an upstanding citizen, active in local politics and charities, famous for his themed parties and appearances as Pogo the Clown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But in the winter of 1978-79, he became known as one of many so-called \"sex murderers\" who had begun gaining notoriety in the random brutality of the 1970s. As public interest grew rapidly, victims became footnotes and statistics, lives lost not just to violence, but to history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough the testimony of siblings, parents, friends, lovers, and other witnesses close to the case, \u003ci\u003eBoys Enter the House\u003c\/i\u003e retraces the footsteps of these victims as they make their way to the doorstep of the Gacy house itself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1641604867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641604864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.30w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2021 pg. 96","brand":"David Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055063724287,"sku":"9781641604864","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82358402-f771-4521-a747-c845623fa89a.jpg?v=1685033578","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/boys-enter-the-house-david-nelson-9781641604864","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}