Curriculum Connections, November 2008
Murder and Mayhem Under Grey Skies
"Dissecting corpses for medical study also figures in (J.G. Sandom's Confessions of a Teenage Body Snatcher), set in 1830s London. Victor, orphaned at 12, is kidnapped and sold to a pair of grave robbers, âresurrection menâ who sell fresh bodies to researchers and run a ring of beggar children on the side. In a gruesomely detailed recounting of Victorâs wildly fluctuating fortunes, (Sandom) creates a bleak portrait of London street life, darkly Dickensian and thoroughly riveting. Offer this one alongside Oliver Twist for lively, if uneasy, discussion."
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