<p>A national bestseller, Derf Backderf's Alex Award winner My Friend Dahmer is the bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture.You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer&mdash;the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper&mdash;seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities.To Derf Backderf, "Jeff" was a more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides.In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Derf Backderf creates a portrait of a disturbed young man struggling with the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche.With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and one readers will never forget.</p>