Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon

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Offers a chilling, tragic, and frightening portrait of the enigmatic young man who murdered John Lennon in December 1980 and answers many lingering questions about Chapman's motives and the killing itself.

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Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon

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Offers a chilling, tragic, and frightening portrait of the enigmatic young man who murdered John Lennon in December 1980 and answers many lingering questions about Chapman's motives and the killing itself.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
From the title's tasteless allusion to the Lennon song ``Strawberry Fields Forever'' to the excusing treatment of a psychopath, this sensationalistic biography proves repugnant. Jones, noted for being the first reporter to interview ``Son of Sam'' killer David Berkowitz, describes the personality of Mark David Chapman before and after he shot and killed former Beatle John Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980, in New York City. We learn of Chapman's fascination with The Catcher in the Rye protagonist Holden Caulfield; we hear the voices of the evil ``child'' and rational ``adult'' arguing within Chapman as he stalked Lennon; we read of Chapman's ``possession by demons'' after his imprisonment. Jones's introduction claims ``Chapman asked the author to undertake the telling of his story in the hope that it might prevent future tragedy.'' Shamefully, however, this book serves only the ignoble purpose of promoting a criminal's narcissism. Photos not seen by PW. (Nov.)
Library Journal
In 1980, Chapman gunned down ex-Beatle John Lennon in New York City and pled guilty to second-degree murder; he is now an inmate at Attica prison. This account of his life and the obsessive forces that culminated in the death of his former idol is based largely on Chapman's recollections. Jones's book would have been strengthened by a critical analysis of Chapman's pathology (he is variously described as psychopathic, schizophrenic, and narcissistic) but nonetheless it is engrossing reading and far superior to Fenton Breslar's Who Killed John Lennon? ( LJ 8/89). A good addition to the literature about violence directed against celebrities, this book will appeal to students of abnormal psychology and true crime fans. Recommended where interest warrants.-- Gregor Preston, Univ. of California Lib., Davis
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780812991703
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 11/1/1992
  • Pages: 300
  • Sales rank: 1,330,944
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.75 (d)

Table of Contents

Prologue xv
Part I The Catcher Gone Awry
Chapter 1 I Heard Shots 3
Chapter 2 Portrait of a Crazy Man 6
Chapter 3 The Catcher Gone Awry 19
Chapter 4 Did You See Him? 24
Chapter 5 Is That All You Want? 33
Chapter 6 But Where Would I Go? 42
Part II Aftermath
Chapter 7 Do You Know Who You Are? 53
Chapter 8 After the Fall 65
Chapter 9 Mark's Case 74
Part III The Little People
Chapter 10 God Saw That 87
Chapter 11 The Little People 97
Chapter 12 Take Me Where the Freaks Are 102
Chapter 13 Toby Tyler on Drugs 110
Chapter 14 God and Todd 115
Chapter 15 Captain Nemo 123
Part IV Holden in Hawall
Chapter 16 Holden in Hawaii 135
Chapter 17 The Caretakers 148
Chapter 18 The Other Side of the Rainbow 153
Chapter 19 With Looking Glass Eyes 169
Chapter 20 The Last Board Meeting 182
Chapter 21 Anyone Could Shoot Anyone 188
Chapter 22 People Aren't Born Like This 203
Part V Holden in Hell
Chapter 23 You Say You Want a Revelation 211
Chapter 24 A Wicked Scene 220
Chapter 25 Fan Mail 229
Chapter 26 All the Lonely People 242
Chapter 27 December 8 254
Epilogue: Nothing Is Real 259
Appendix 261
The Prisoner's Letter 263
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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 14, 2012

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    December 8 is a horrible day for me. I wear black and only listn to john lennon songs and the songs In My Life and I'm Only Sleeping. I hope that he is only sleeping and not gone. I know it's to late but it was horrible. Rest in peace john and i will give peace more than a chance.

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