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A beautifully-researched and intelligent novel "His Bloody Project" takes you inside a small crofting village in 19th century Scotland. Roderick Macrae is the 17-year old boy accused of murdering his neighbors after his father has fallen on numerous misfortunes caused by the local constable. When the family tries to seek justice from the overseerer in charge, they are dismissed and ridiculed. This is a heartbreaking tale of injustice, cruelty and hypocrisy that will leave the reader stunned and
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Very well written and interesting novel. It borders the non-fiction as it mimics very well the memoir type and this means that the story is very good, characters are flawless (close to real human beings) and the form is bordering perfection for its intent.
*2.5 stars*
The concept of this novel is quite clever: Burnet imagines and then creates historical documents from a 19th century triple murder case in the Highlands of Scotland. First, we get the "confession" narrative from the accused, which traces the circumstances and his motives for the murders over a period of months before the crime. Then we get the trial in which we hear from a variety of witnesses about whether or not Roderick should be tried as morally or mentally insane. The documents B ...more
The concept of this novel is quite clever: Burnet imagines and then creates historical documents from a 19th century triple murder case in the Highlands of Scotland. First, we get the "confession" narrative from the accused, which traces the circumstances and his motives for the murders over a period of months before the crime. Then we get the trial in which we hear from a variety of witnesses about whether or not Roderick should be tried as morally or mentally insane. The documents B ...more
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