In Crying for a Vision, British-born poet, musician and performance artist Steve Scott offers a challenge to artists and a manifesto for the arts. This new edition includes an introduction and study guide, four newly-collected essays and an interview with the author. Steve Scott is the author of Like a House on Fire: Renewal of the Arts in a Post-modern Culture and The Boundaries. "Steve Scott is a rare individual who combines a deep love and understanding of Scripture with a passion for the arts." -Steve Turner, author of Jack Kerouac: Angelheaded Hipster. "Steve Scott links a number of fields of inquiry that are usually perceived as unrelated. In doing so he hopes to open wider possibilities for Christians in the arts, who may perhaps be relieved to find that, in many ways, they were right all along." -Rupert Loydell, author of The Museum of Light. Cover art by Michael Redmond
In 1888, the notorious Jack the Ripper terrorized London. Exactly 100 years later in 1988, the police are made aware that the two women found murdered in the old town of Soest in West Germany, could be from a copycat. The killings are identical to the first two victims of Jack the Ripper, so they nickname the killer German Jack. If German Jack follows the same path, the police know the dates and town where the next murders will take place. They only have to find the exact location and killer. This turns out to be harder than at first thought. With three suspects on their cards, one a psychiatric nurse, another an overweight taxi driver and the last a British soldier stationed nearby, can the police identify German Jack and find enough evidence to stop him before he kills again? Or will he get away like the original Ripper?
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