Audiobook Review: The Trial of Leopold & Loeb: Dickie & Babe
Description * The true story that inspired Donna Tartt's The Secret History * The Trial of Leopold and Loeb: Dickie & Babe revisits one of the most unsettling criminal cases of the twentieth century. It is a feature-length, standalone audiobook in the tradition of a radio play. [ This title isn't currently promoting ... There are plenty of ways to listen to it - the cheapest being our new Video Presentation - an illustrated audiobook that plays online - no sign-up required, $2.99: Direct from www.classic-crime.com ] The Leopold and Loeb case has echoed through literature and culture for a century, influencing writers from Patrick Hamilton to Donna Tartt, and film directors like Hitchcock. Its enduring fascination lies not only in what happened, but in the questions it continues to raise. Set against the social and intellectual climate of 1920s Chicago, it invites listeners into a world shaped by early modern psychology, cultural anxiety about homosexuality, an...