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Title: Too Much Information. Not Enough Substance
Review: Endless and tedious investigation of circumstancial evidence. I am convinced that Sickert may well be "Jack" but the case is not closed. Mostly I was irritated by the author's description of his paintings as evidence of his murderous personality, but without the corresponding illustrations, the basis escaped me. An okay historical perspective on the times of Jack the Ripper, an incomplete biography of Walter Sickert, a good but not complete attempt to convict him (the case is not closed). I only finished it because I kept hoping it would get better, but the last few chapters became even more rambling and disorienting.
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