A wealthy, grieving, ageing gangster -- vengeance having already proved no compensation -- wants only to isolate himself in his walled estate and confide his lifetime's woes and resentments to an imaginary companion: the twin sister he lost at birth. But when two blundering fathers from the local housing estate, in search of their delinquent sons, inadvertently violate the peace of his woodland sanctuary, the gangster's latent killer instinct raises its ugly head once more. One of the most shocking things about this unforgettable tale is how the criminal's private confessions manage to draw us into his bitter and twisted morality, making us a willing party to the inevitable murders.
ISBN: 1-84045-047-9
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"Exquisite! Like the 'balanced rocks' of the American west -- the entire mass perfectly concentrated on the last sentence."
bob-faulkner@worldnet.att.net
"Reading Sam Smith's novel is akin to driving ninety miles an hour on ice. The tone is light, which only adds to the horror and pointlessness of it all. An entertaining and wonderfully readable book."
riverkng@icss.net
"Excellent book. I really enjoyed it. It would make an excellent film, with Terence Stamp or Pete Postlethwaite as the mobster. In fact, he's surely worth another book."
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