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The story follows Kline, a brutally dismembered detective forcibly recruited to solve a murder inside the cult. The horrific nature of the brotherhood’s customs and the often very funny dialogue of some of its members makes for fascinating reading.

Now old hands in the groves of noir know that this is a set-up so classic that one wonders if those blinking neon signs are visible from the parkway. Turns out, that was the easiest, and most normal incident that he goes through following that moment.I love the way that Evenson kept us the reader, and our hero in the dark through most of this, only revealing to us the true plot "piece by piece"! While their specific kind of religiosity is shown to be at odds with people in the ‘real world’, the basic structure of their thought isn’t. Afternote: was just reading the other reviews here and this one from Brian really made me laugh: For those of you that have read this book you will understand why I feel the need for a hug. Kline será nuestro protagonista y de una manera que ni el mismo se imaginaba se convierte en el centro de toda esta loca trama.

The question of power is another fascinating theme of this surprisingly complex and multilayered work. Rudely usher into their car and driven to their compound, he’s forced into the role of reluctant detective.eres impresionable, avisado quedas…la novela no se trata de un paseo por el bosque una mañana de primavera 😬. As the novella comes to a close, the tension mounts to an almost unbearable degree until the reader is almost relieved at the end, horrific though it may be.

It was full of stacks of calendars, each month featuring a woman in a various states of undress, smiling furiously. And through all of it, Evenson's relentless writing moves through the strange tale at a nice tight clip. No sé si achacarlo a la historia en sí o a la traducción (de hecho hay múltiples erratas, sin ir más lejos en el primer párrafo de la página 224 el nombre del prota aparece dos veces en dos líneas, en una de ellas está mal escrito viéndose Klein en lugar de Kline, y frases mal expresadas), además la narración me ha parecido fría, mecánica y con un final atropellado, brusco y cíclico. It’s one of those books that starts out with a premise that’s pretty out there and progressively delivers on its weirdness.

This association consists of men renouncing their own individuality by collectively taking the identity of Paul (the Christian one from the Bible) and plot the ruin of the former society with the help of Klein, in whom they see a sort of destroyer prophet. I do not want to give anything away but I want to emphasize that Evenson uses gore and mutilations/amputations, in a way that will leave most people saying Holy Shit!

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