They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper

[c.d.]

It seems that all Ripper books fall into one of three categories:

1. They identify the real Ripper;

2. They argue that the Ripper never actually existed or;

3. There was a cover up of the Ripper's real identity.

You pays your money and you takes your chances.

c.d.

[barnflatwyngarde]

Doh!

I've just checked my copy of Paul Begg's "Jack the Ripper: The Facts", and it runs to over 500 pages (and not a wasted word in any of them).

However, the publication of Robinson's book will add another huge tome to the canon.

[barnflatwyngarde]

Bruce Robinson (of "Withnail and I" fame) publishes his book on Jack the Ripper on 6th October.
According to the blurb on the publishers website, the book promises to "expose(s) the cover up that enabled one of history's most notorious serial killers to remain at large".
It also hints that the killer was "hiding in plain sight".

The bibliographical info listed on Amazon says that the book runs to 496 pages.

Will this be the longest book ever written on the Ripper?