Book Review: A Thread of Violence looks at GUBU killer Malcolm MacArthur's later life

"O’Connell writes of his frustration with Macarthur’s reluctance to engage directly with the question of his motivation and the thought process that led him to heinously murder two young people in the most callous and cruel of ways."
Book Review: A Thread of Violence looks at GUBU killer Malcolm MacArthur's later life

Malcolm McArthur on the cover of A Thread of Violence

Fri, 23 Jun, 2023 - 20:00
Gary Murphy

  • A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention and Murder
  • Mark O’Connell
  • Granta Books, pb €12.99

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