{"product_id":"2940171217273","title":"Fiend: The Shocking True Story Of America's Youngest Serial Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA monster preyed upon the children of 19th-century Boston. His crimes were appalling amp;mdash; and yet he was little more than a child himself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 14-year-old Jesse Pomeroy was arrested in 1874, a nightmarish reign of terror over an unsuspecting city came to an end. \"The Boston Boy Fiend\" was imprisoned at last. But the complex questions sparked by his ghastly crime spree amp;mdash; the hows and whys of vicious juvenile crime amp;mdash; were as relevant in the so-called Age of Innocence as they are today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse Pomeroy was outwardly repellent in appearance, with a gruesome \"dead\" eye; inside, he was deformed beyond imagining. A sexual sadist of disturbing precocity, he satisfied his atrocious appetites by abducting and torturing his child victims. But soon, the teenager's bloodlust gave way to another obsession: murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarold Schechter, whose true-crime masterpieces are \"well-documented nightmares for anyone who dares to look\" (\u003ci\u003ePeoria Journal Star\u003c\/i\u003e), brings his acclaimed mix of compelling storytelling, brilliant insight, and fascinating historical documentation to Fiend amp;mdash; an unforgettable account from the annals of American crime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150896349424,"sku":"2940171217273","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171217273_p0.jpg?v=1763723310","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171217273","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}