My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel

My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel

<DIV><B>The bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer.</B><BR />  <BR /> NATIONAL BESTSELLER<BR /> 2013 ALA/YALSA Alex Award<BR /> 2014 Revelation Award at Angoulême<BR /> 2015 ALA/YALSA Alex Award (Excellence in Narrative Nonfiction)<BR />  <BR /> Named a BEST OF 2012 by <I>Time, The Village Voice, A.V. Club, comiXology, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, MTV Geek,</I> and more!<BR />  <BR /> You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer—the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper—seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, "Jeff" was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche—a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and one readers will never forget.<BR />  <BR /> Also available by Derf Backderf, <I>Trashed</I>.<BR /><BR /> Find teaching guides for <I>My Friend Dahmer </I>and other titles at abramsbooks.com/resources.</DIV>