James Hogg
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a novel by the Scottish author James Hogg, published anonymously in 1824. Considered by turns part-gothic novel, part-psychological mystery, part-metafiction, part-satire, part-case study of totalitarian thought, it can also be thought of as an early example of modern crime fiction, in which the story is told, for the most part, from the point of view of its criminal anti-hero. The action...
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Following the horrific assault of his younger daughter in
Book One, Assault, Robert Wentworth
is accused by the townspeople of witchcraft and incestual rape. In desperation, he sends Faythe and Tommy to
Briarcliff to solicit the help of a well-known lawyer. Fraught with lies and bribery, the ensuing
trial is reminiscent of the Salem Witch Trials in all of their sham and
paranoia.
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In Maddison's last visit to the ancient city, she encountered a man. More surprising was what he lacked on his face.... He wore no mask. A hundred years since the Great Disaster and he not only lived beyond infancy, but he breathed the air. No one breathed free air anymore at the risk of dying cancerous and crazed. Nothing of value is free-not the water, not the land, not the food... ...and certainly not the air.
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