"A perceptively sensitive and ingenious work, Violent Cases reveals the often murky nexus between memory and imagination through the narrator's cloudy childhood remembrance of a visit to Al Capone's osteopath and the impact of seedy stories on impressionable youth. Gradually, the England of the 1960s and the Chicago of the 1920s begin to merge into a beautifully drawn and hauntingly written tale of memory and evil."@en
"A perceptively sensitive and ingenious work, Violent Cases, reveals the often murky nexus between memory and imagination through the narrator's cloudy childhood remembrance of a visit to Al Capone's osteopath and the impact of seedy stories on impressionable youth. McKean has created a stunning new cover in honor of the book's 10th anniversary."@en
"A perceptively sensitive and ingenious work, Violent Cases, reveals the often murky nexus between memory and imagination through the narrator's cloudy childhood remembrance of a visit to Al Capone's osteopath and the impact of seedy stories on impressionable youth. McKean has created a stunning new cover in honor of the book's 10th anniversary."
"Un vieillard qui fut l'ostéopathe d'Al Capone raconte le Chicago des années 1920 et 1930 à un enfant. Un récit quotidien et impressionniste sur l'époque de la prohibition et des violent cases, boîtes à violon servant de caches d'armes."
"After dislocating his arm, a young boy is taken to see a old doctor who was once the doctor of legendary gangster Al Capone."@en