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Here's the latest review of my book from Amazon - I like this one
'Pavement: Thoughts of a Serial Killer' is a compelling read. It tells the story of a man who, through his struggles with life due to his disability and a dysfunctional, unhappy childhood that we are allowed only tiny glimpses of, feels himself excluded from society. Unemployed, he escapes from his dingy bedsit existence by walking the streets of London, finding solace in his obsession with the order of the paving stones of the pavements he treads, and catching glimpses of other lives through windows as he searches for himself in the reflections. He feels invisible, and this feeling leads him to find a way in which he can take action.... take revenge on the 'normal' world which he does not feel a part of and yet covets.
This novel is extremely well researched. The details draw us in... we are there in the here and now, walking with 'Smith' and seeing everything as he sees it. A few small clues tell us that this present is in fact a not so distant future, where we are ever more under the control and surveillance of the System. Yet Smith finds a way to rebel and, ultimately, to escape.
The author's gift for words allows him to get away with very graphic and lurid descriptions that from the pen of a less talented writer could be felt to be gratuitous, but here are always beautiful even as they are shocking and disturbing. The boundaries between dream and reality become more and more blurred, reflecting the state of mind of the protagonist, as the aftermath of his cold, logical and well thought through actions pervade his subconsciousness when he sleeps.
Despite the horror of the story, I didn't want this book to end. I look forward to reading more from this author.
'Pavement: Thoughts of a Serial Killer' is a compelling read. It tells the story of a man who, through his struggles with life due to his disability and a dysfunctional, unhappy childhood that we are allowed only tiny glimpses of, feels himself excluded from society. Unemployed, he escapes from his dingy bedsit existence by walking the streets of London, finding solace in his obsession with the order of the paving stones of the pavements he treads, and catching glimpses of other lives through windows as he searches for himself in the reflections. He feels invisible, and this feeling leads him to find a way in which he can take action.... take revenge on the 'normal' world which he does not feel a part of and yet covets.
This novel is extremely well researched. The details draw us in... we are there in the here and now, walking with 'Smith' and seeing everything as he sees it. A few small clues tell us that this present is in fact a not so distant future, where we are ever more under the control and surveillance of the System. Yet Smith finds a way to rebel and, ultimately, to escape.
The author's gift for words allows him to get away with very graphic and lurid descriptions that from the pen of a less talented writer could be felt to be gratuitous, but here are always beautiful even as they are shocking and disturbing. The boundaries between dream and reality become more and more blurred, reflecting the state of mind of the protagonist, as the aftermath of his cold, logical and well thought through actions pervade his subconsciousness when he sleeps.
Despite the horror of the story, I didn't want this book to end. I look forward to reading more from this author.
Angels stand corrected...
I have to have a blog...the site told me, my publisher told me, my publicist told me, and even my turkish barber told me, as he was administering the finest of close shaves. So I thought I had better
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