SOLVED. Adult Horror. A group of telepaths hold a yearly contest to see who could have the greatest influence on world events. They're depicted as sociopaths. Read early 2000s.

[Reader]

I must have read this book some time in the early 2000s. The protagonist is a holocaust survivor who finds out that one of his torturers is alive. He turns out to be one of the telepaths in the group mentioned in the topic. It was interesting because it posited that the ability to read minds and force people to do what you want would naturally turn you into a sociopathic monster.

There was also a subplot involving a telepath that gets put into a coma and finds out that it makes her even more powerful than she already was.

Thanks for any help you can give me to remember the title. I've been trying to remember it for a week to recommend to a friend of mine.

[Alan]

Try Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. Not sure as I haven't read it in years, but worth investigating.

[Reader]

Yes! This is it. Thank you so much.