The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Author: Ian (AFT) Campbell, Peter D. Garside, Adrian Hunter, James Hogg, Margot Livesey
Category: General
ISBN: 9781590170250
Format : Paperback
Publisher : Random House Inc

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Set in Scotland in a period of religious and political turmoil, James Hogg?s novel about religious fanaticism and megalomaniais a study of fanatical delusion with startling contemporary relevance. But it is also a fictional invention that, before postmodernism, explored the pitfalls of narrative and the limits of certainty, as well as an intense account of psychological disintegration. This novel influenced such writers as Andre Gide, Lord Byron, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Muriel Spark. Increasingly, it has been acknowledged as one of the great novels of the English language.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner ( ISBN 9781590170250 )

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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a startling tale of murder and madness set in a time of troubles like our own. Robert Wringhim is a religious fanatic: one of God's chosen who believes himself free to disregard the strictures of morality - a view in which he is much encouraged by the elusive, peculiarly striking foreigner who becomes his dearest friend. Describing the seductive mutual dependence of these soulmates and the way - efficient at first, then increasingly intoxicated - they go about settling scores with their (and of course God's) enemies, James Hogg presents a powerful picture of evil in the world and in the heart and mind. This work of black humor, acute psychological insight, and, in the end, deeply compassionate humanity is one of the masterpieces of literature in English.

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Brand new, As published by New York Review Books. Paperback edition.296 pages. Book Size: Length: 7 inches, Width 5 Height inches 0.71 Inches. Book weight: 0.9 pounds. This book will require no additional postage. Orders processed on AbeBooks Monday - Friday and ships 6 days a week. Synopsis: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a startling tale of murder and madness set in a time of troubles like our own. Robert Wringhim is a religious fanatic: one of God's chosen who believes himself free to disregard the strictures of morality—a view in which he is much encouraged by the elusive, peculiarly striking foreigner who becomes his dearest friend. Describing the seductive mutual dependence of these soulmates and the way—efficient at first, then increasingly intoxicated—they go about settling scores with their (and of course God's) enemies, James Hogg presents a powerful picture of evil in the world and in the heart and mind. This work of black humor, acute psychological insight, and, in the end, deeply compassionate humanity is one of the masterpieces of literature in English. 13 Digit ISBN number: 9781590170250. 10 Digit ISBN: 1590170253.

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