Title: Pitiful criminals /
Authors: Bottoms, Greg.
Year: 2014
Subjects: Family violence; Victims of family violence.; Violence; Mentally ill offenders.; Family violence Fiction; Victims of family violence Fiction.; Violence Fiction; Mentally ill offenders Fiction.
Abstract: Greg Bottoms offers thirteen genre-bending chapters from his past that take a close look at the lives of small-time criminals driven, often by confusion and desperation, to deeds that range from the absurd to the heinous.
Contents: A message from prison -- The minister's handyman -- The shooter -- Scarface -- The truce -- Attempted murder mystery -- Half of what I thought I knew (or, criminals before their crimes) -- The man who found two bodies -- Easy roller -- A couple of ways to kill yourself -- Rabbit dog gun -- Hit and run -- A new trial.