Colin Wilson, Order of Assassins: the psychology of murder

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This book completes Wilson’s “Murder Trilogy”, which began with

The Encyclopedia of Murder

(London: Arthur Barker, 1961) and was followed by

A Casebook of Murder

(London: Leslie Frewin Publishers, 1969). The first was intended to be a basic reference book on the subject, the second a sociological study, and this volume a psychology of murder. It was published in the UK by Rupert Hart-Davis in October 1972. Although translated into French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese, it was not published in the United States until 2015 and then as an e-book only. An extract from Chapter 6 appeared in

HPL: A tribute to Howard Phillips Lovecraft

(Birmingham, Alabama: privately printed, 1972).

Wilson wrote a 49-page Introduction to Order of Assassins which was not published with the book. It outlines

1996 words

Citation: Stanley, Colin. "Order of Assassins: the psychology of murder". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 May 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23941, accessed 28 March 2024.]

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