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|title=The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper

|sort=Autobiography of Jack the Ripper

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=9780552165396

|pages=416

|publisher=Corgi

|date=October 2012

|summary=It probably (in fact almost certainly) ''isn't'' the autobiography of Jack the Ripper but it's still an engaging read for fans of historical fiction. It's recommended unless you really are hoping that it's the real thing.

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Do I believe that Carnac was the Ripper? No. In fact, I don’t even believe he was a real person. He looks and behaves so much like a pantomime villain (sallow cheeks, straggly black hair, tendency to lurk creepily) that I can’t imagine him as an actual human being. What ''The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper'' is, in my opinion, is a fascinating and enjoyable (if very dark) piece of fiction. This is a novel, not a confession, and that’s how it should be read. In fact, if I’d thought for a moment that it was real I’d have had a lot more trouble with its contents. Fans of crime, Victoriana or Jack the Ripper will have a lot of fun with this. People searching for the truth about the Whitechapel murders may be disappointed.