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Hall, Allan 1957-

Monster / Allan Hall. - Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin, 2008. - xiv, 269 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), col. ports. ; 20 cm.

Cover subtitle: a rapist father, a captive daughter, a secret dungeon, 24 years and 7 incest children later, the nightmare ends and the story of the Fritzls can be told.

On 28 August 1984, Josef Fritzl, drugged his teenage daughter with ether and imprisoned her in an underground bunker, behind eight locked doors. Over the following twenty-four years, he raped and abused her, never letting her or the children she bore him out of the dark, windowless cellar. This account investigates the meticulous planning, the chilling confessions and the disturbing personality that lie behind this horrific case of abuse.


ISBN: 9780141039701 (pbk.) 0141039701 (pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Fritzl, Josef.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Child molesters--Austria--Amstetten.
Child sexual abuse--Austria--Amstetten.
Fathers and daughters--Austria--Amstetten.
Incest--Austria--Amstetten.

Dewey Class. No.: 364.15554092