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Bad Karma: A True Story of Obsession and Murder

by Deborah Blum

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Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum is a professor of science journalism at the University of Wisconsin. She worked as a newspaper science writer for twenty years, winning the Pulitzer in 1992 for her writing about primate research, which she turned into a book, The Monkey Wars (Oxford, 1994). Her other books include Sex on the Brain (Viking, 1997) and Love at Goon Park (Perseus, 2002). She has written about scientific research for The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Discover, Health, Psychology Today, and Mother Jones. She is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers and now serves on an advisory board to the World Federation of Science Journalists and the National Academy of Sciences.… (more)
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More like a novel than a factual account; this book was interesting and very readable. Although the author said she researched the case for many years, she does not reveal sources. A murder takes place in 1969 San Francisco in an atmosphere of rioting, drugs and sexual freedom. We meet a young man from India, an Untouchable, who is brilliant and possibly insane. The girl he falls in love with can't see the danger she is in until it is too late. ( )
  MCDyson | Mar 26, 2016 |
Well written, highly readable true crime with great characterization. A clash of two cultures that leads to murder. Horrible cover that does this book a grave injustice. ( )
  flippinpages | Nov 1, 2013 |
Wow. What a fantastic read. So glad that I did love this book. The way it is written, how the suspension in the book gets higher and higher for us readers. love it. Highly recommend and not only for true crime readers.
It reads like fiction.Could not put it down. ( )
  Marlene-NL | Apr 12, 2013 |
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Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum is a professor of science journalism at the University of Wisconsin. She worked as a newspaper science writer for twenty years, winning the Pulitzer in 1992 for her writing about primate research, which she turned into a book, The Monkey Wars (Oxford, 1994). Her other books include Sex on the Brain (Viking, 1997) and Love at Goon Park (Perseus, 2002). She has written about scientific research for The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Discover, Health, Psychology Today, and Mother Jones. She is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers and now serves on an advisory board to the World Federation of Science Journalists and the National Academy of Sciences.

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