Life plus 99 years 
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold
Doubleday
Nathan Leopold Jr. was half of the famed duo Leopold and Loeb, murderers
 of 14-year old Bobby Franks in 1924 on the south side of Chicago. Life 
Plus 99 Years is an autobiographical work which commences with the day 
after Leopold’s sentencing, and which was designed to ingratiate the 
author with the parole board.  As such it is a fascinating multi-layered
 work – the reader has to work at keeping in mind that the writer was 
the perpetrator of a heinous crime made all the more horrendous by the 
fact that its only motivation was the thrill of the idea.  A must read 
for anyone interested in the workings and effects of our criminal 
justice system.