The Rapist, by Les Edgerton
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The Rapist, by Les Edgerton
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The Rapist introduces us to Truman Ferris Pinter, an amoral man occupying a prison cell for a heinous crime committed years earlier. Master storyteller Les Edgerton guides us on a haunting journey inside the criminal mind to show that no matter how depraved a person appears to be, there might still exist a spark of humanity.
The Rapist, by Les Edgerton- Amazon Sales Rank: #1619446 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .36" w x 5.50" l, .40 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 158 pages
Review Anthony Neil Smith gave 5 stars to: The Rapist by Les Edgerton This is brave literary pulp of the highest order. Dark, dark stuff. No celebration here. It's going to get under your skin. Deserves all the awards next year.From Goodreads
From the Inside Flap So, I'm reading Les Edgerton's The Rapist. The title has already made me uneasy. Five pages in and I can hardly breathe. Ten and I'm nauseous. For the next 50, I'm a mixture of all of the above, but most of all, angry. I feel like ringing my feminist friends and confessing: Sisters, I'm reading something you will kill me for reading. I feel like ringing my ex colleagues - parole officers and psychologists who work with sex offenders in Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow - and asking them if they think it's helpful to publish an honest and explicit transcript which shows the cognitive distortions of a callous, grandiose, articulate sex offender; one which illustrates his inability to have a relationship with a woman and his complete lack of empathy? I'm thinking I don't know what I should be thinking. Will it turn sex offenders on? Should we listen to this guy? Is it possible to separate the person from the offence, and to empathise with him as he waits to die? I don't ring anyone. I read on. And the breathlessness, nausea, anger and confusion increase all the way to the end, at which point all I know is that the book is genius. Helen FitzGerald, author, Dead Lovely, Bloody Women, The Devil's Staircase, The Donor and others. 'I live in a small, dark realm which I fill out'. Jean Genet's words in "Miracle Of the Rose". And like Genet, Edgerton writes with lyricism and a sense of history of things that disturb, balancing through his superb style themes that may otherwise unsettle the narrative. Edgerton's brilliant archaeological dig into the motivations of a rapist is an unflinching look at the darker recesses of the human psyche. There is nothing gratuitous here and it takes a command to achieve a narrative pull in such territory. It reminded me of John Burnside's "The Locust Room" but it's better written. Edgerton voices the demonic forces at work within his narrator's head. He embeds the story with the protagonist's need for redemption set against the backdrop of his life. "The Rapist" is confessional, poetic, unrelenting, and as real as the newspaper lying before you. It challenges the assumption that fictions need to censor the things people read every day in what is deemed factual. It is told in a style that situates it among the classics of transgressive fictions. Richard Godwin, Apostle Rising, Mr Glamour What a . . .I mean, it's so . . . wow. Damn. Seriously. Eric Beetner, author of The Devil Doesn't Want Me
From the Back Cover Les Edgerton presents an utterly convincing anti-hero. The abnormal psychology is pitch-perfect. "The Rapist" ranks right up there with Camus' "The Stranger" and Simenon's "Dirty Snow." An instant modern classic.Allan Guthrie, publisher Blasted HeathLes Edgerton is the king of hard-edged, bad-ass crime fiction and The Rapist is his most harrowing book yet.Scott Phillips, author of The Ice HarvestLike Denis Johnson's classic novel-in-stories, Jesus' Son, Les Edgerton's The Rapist is dark, risky, disturbing story that grabs the reader in a haunting fashion and holds on tightly. The writing is taut and unsettling. Edgerton is a mighty talent.Tony Ardizonne, author of The Whale Chaser
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Praise for The Rapist By Thorne This book took me by surprise more than anything I've read in a long time. It's tight and short--I read it in two sittings, and if I hadn't had to go to work would have blazed through in one. There are books that are "idea books" but if the narrative falls flat, the idea loses it sheen. There are character studies, but without a story it's often more interesting to just go to the laundromat and meet real people. There are plot books that rely on the twist ending but you never get there because a quarter of the way in... who cares. The Rapist cuts to the core, wrenches out the key aspects of what makes good books work, the ideas, the character development, the twist, and--somehow(!?)--manages to seamlessly blend them together into a tight, molten payload. The payoff at the end--starting even about 2/3 of the way through--has the punch of the best sci-fi novels, but without the gimmicks. The last thing I read that had such a powerful ending was Houellebecq's The Elementary Particles. I always loved Pynchon for his great one-liners... The Rapist is stuffed with them. All in all, this will have me thinking for days afterwards. I'm going to give myself a week, before I let myself pick it up again for an encore.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A book of seriousness By Pulp Pusher The Rapist's narrator has the same overweening self-importance as Nabokov's Humbert Humbert and the Lolita comparisons don't end there. At times you don't want to look, you want to wash your mind out but this compelling work, told in bleakly sonorous prose, pulls you back. Les Edgerton has produced that rare thing: a book of seriousness.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. 100% original By K. Nixon Meet Truman Ferris Pinter, a self-confessed rapist and murderer, currently residing on death row, hours away from his execution.If you’ve read the author bio you’ll probably appreciate that I approached The Rapist with a degree of trepidation – Les Edgerton is one scary dude. In addition the subject matter would probably be difficult. The cover, of a woman’s face, eyes sightless, is haunting.And I was right, it isn’t an easy read. It’s one of those stories you push away after finishing it, then pull it back again and look at it in a whole new light. Clearly Edgerton likes to jolt his readers. In fact, afterwards I felt a bit grubby having been in the mind of the main character, Truman Ferris Pinter, for so long.Socially inept (a gross understatement) and incredibly self-important, Truman is a strange guy. At the outset we meet Truman in prison, he’s on death row having been found guilty of the rape and murder of a young woman. Through the initial part of the story Truman admits and even justifies his actions in a quite unique voice. He feels morally justified in his actions because of who she is and who he is. He is a class above.Here’s an example from the outset:He will inhale you, devour you, eat the pulp of your soul and spit out the husk. Behind his eyes lies nothing save the fevered light of unholy candles.And this is Truman describing himself. Whilst awaiting his sentence for death in a matter of hours time (which adds another layer of tension) he recounts the situation which put him there and we learn about Truman’s life and experiences – some of which are strange – before he goes through a personal change. I won’t say more, you’ll need to discover these for yourself.Should I feel sorry for Truman? Really I shouldn’t, but eventually I became drawn to the oddball. It was a strange experience.The writing is very sharp, the prose as rich and wealthy as a billionaire. I stayed up late for three nights in a row to finish The Rapist, only going to bed when I literally couldn’t keep my eyes open, it’s that compelling a story.I haven’t picked up anything quite like The Rapist before. I probably never will again.**Originally reviewed for Books & Pals blog. May have received free review copy.**
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