Son of Sam

Summer of 1977 . America believes all have been : JFK assassination , riots, Vietnam fiasco , economic crisis. In his flesh bruised and bled in its ambitions , the country is on its knees . New York also subjected to an unprecedented heat wave , the blackout and its executioner.

A mysterious killer who prowls the night and decimated the youth with his revolver. A single predator in the sphere of serial killers , defying the authorities, the media and the entire country. This criminal case was the subject of a film , Summer of Sam, directed by Spike Lee starring Adrien Brody, but has not been explored ...

For the first time in France , a writer recounts this amazing investigation, unknown in Europe through new avenues of investigation . Between document and thriller Son of Sam makes you relive crusade " to .44 Killer " thanks to numerous documents and photos that are much more than a book, a book that reads like a movie, immersion in the head of one of the most complex killers. A plunge into the heart of the United States from rock to disco , LSD CIA , Hollywood Satanism ... portrait of a nation through one of its excluded , became an icon of serial killers .