being the true and spectacular history of Edinburgh's notorious Burke and Hare, and of the man of science who abetted them in the commission of their most heinous crimes
Rosner, Lisa
2010
An account of early nineteenth-century serial killers William Burke and William Hare, who were accused of killing sixteen people in Edinburgh, Scotland in order to sell their corpses to doctors as subjects for dissection.
Mark Renton and his friends view their everyday life in Edinburgh, Scotland through a heroin-induced haze that affects their minds, attitudes, and judgement.
