- Published: 2 June 2020
- ISBN: 9781948226684
- Imprint: Catapult
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 192
- RRP: $59.99
Magnetized
Conversations with a Serial Killer
- Published: 2 June 2020
- ISBN: 9781948226684
- Imprint: Catapult
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 192
- RRP: $59.99
"Busqued unnerves and entertains readers with this forensic tale synthesized from more than 90 hours of dialogue with a serial killer. The author's interviews with Ricardo Melogno detail not only his crimes, which took place during one week in 1982, but also his motivations-or lack thereof-and the killer's fascinating, disturbing psyche . . . Artfully rendered . . . The narrative is perfect for anyone fascinated by the criminal mind, the distinctions between mental illness and possession, or the concept of predestined evil. A truly visceral read that will not let readers look away." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Serial killers will never not be compelling, but we risk much when we seek in them entertainment and diversion, without considering what the darkness means, or where it comes from. In Magnetized, Carlos Busqued seeks after some of that meaning in his conversations with Argentine serial killer Ricardo Melogno, who was convicted for the 1982 murders of four Buenos Aires taxi drivers, each one committed with cold precision. Busqued bolsters his conversations with forensic reports and newspaper stories, revealing a life lost before it has really begun, and the tragedy it visits upon the world." --Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub "Magnetized is a piercing and merciless book: at its center is the voice of Ricardo Melogno, a man imprisoned for murdering taxi drivers. But there is more to his words than the horror of crime: traces of a prison system incapable of dealing with mental illness, memories of a haunted childhood, and echoes of daily life in a sinister city. Carlos Busqued listens and records Melogno's story with a sangfroid as hair-raising as his novel." -Mariana Enriquez, author of Things We Lost in the Fire