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The Seven Days of Peter Crumb: A Novel Kindle Edition

by Jonny Glynn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 101 ratings
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Intelligent, wry, and seriously twisted, Peter Crumb is a man who suffers two personalities, only one of which is capable of remorse. His life has been derailed by a single, devastating act of violence, and now, in what he intends to be his last week on earth, he is determined to leave his mark upon humanity—randomly, unjustly, with infinite attention to detail. Allowing the morning's newspaper headlines to loosely dictate his actions, Crumb sets out on a weeklong descent into hell, determined to drag as many as possible into the darkness along with him.

Gritty, dazzling, and profoundly disturbing, Jonny Glynn's The Seven Days of Peter Crumb is an extraordinary debut that portrays the deterioration of a severely splintered soul.

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Like a terse American Psycho, this first novel from British writer and actor Glynn suffers from familiarity even as the voice of the narrator, Peter Crumb, fascinates. Believing he will kill himself in a week, Crumb decides to succumb to his id and do whatever he pleases—and killing people is near the top of his list, along with making witty social observations. His particular mental illnessrequires him to have conversations with a crueler version of himself while butchering London neighbors, misusing prostitutes and making the Marquis de Sade's most ferocious work look like part of the Nancy Drew series. Crumb's monumental appetite for carnage and self-examination drives what there is of a plot. While the reader definitely believes in Crumb, the problem is that in an age of reality shows and slasher movies even the worst degradations have lost their power to shock. Glynn's visceral prose convinces, but the sell-by date on this novel passed long ago. (Jan.)
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“The Seven Days of Peter Crumb, a chronicle of the final week in a psychopath’s life by the British actor and writer Jonny Glynn, is gruesome, obscene and utterly disturbing. It is also absorbing and well written....I was transfixed.”

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001140WKM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins e-books (October 13, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 13, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 873 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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P. A. Angeles-Suarez
5.0 out of 5 stars Wooowweee.. that's good.
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2015
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This book is nothing short of genius.

I diagnosed myself as having adult ADD, with an attention span akin to a hyperactive puppy. Reading is not a strong suit..and I tend to get bored and ...OH LOOK, A SQUIRREL.

This book had me wrapped up for days (yeah I'm slow and I also work at a hospital ). The writing is suspenseful, questionably strange and intriguing. I found myself wanting more after finishing the book.

Wonderful and brilliant work. This was suggested by a friend who, just like me, is into Neil Gaiman. So if you're in that realm, you'll love this.
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David S. Wellhauser
4.0 out of 5 stars Mystique de la Merde
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018
A typical exploration of mystique de la merde. If you enjoy this subgenre of crime then you'll love this book. However, social justice types should give it a pass. Think Jim Thompson and Blaise Cendrars meet American Psycho with British idioms.
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Samantha
5.0 out of 5 stars If you like Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) and Chuck Palahniuk
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2016
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This book is really intense and disturbing. Somehow though you find yourself rooting for the antagonist... what?! Maybe he's a protagonist then, who knows? If you like Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) and Chuck Palahniuk, you won't be disappointed in this book. Disclaimer: Not for the faint of heart.
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ReasonableGoatPerson
3.0 out of 5 stars Crazy is the new normal
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2015
They don't do crazy like they did in the good old days. Chalk it up to personal preference, if you must; but insanity in the modern age isn't really all that far from normal-- I might even go so far as to say it IS normal-- so where's the fun in that? Transgressing in a world inured to transgressions, where anything goes-- how boring! The effect works much better when there's actually a marked difference between what the supposed transgressor is expressing and the mores of society at large. High-toned morality would have been more of a shock to encounter in a contemporary book than the psychopathy demonstrated by Peter Crumb. Rarer, too.

Oh, I suppose the book is okay. And the phrase "the guilty man that God forgot" does have a nice ring to it.
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Joe
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 star book
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2016
Thus books awesome, definitely should give it a shot
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C. Nee
5.0 out of 5 stars if you are into psychosis and psychological tendencies..
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2008
read the book,

"The seven days of Peter crumb"

The book really brings the issue into perspective from someone with multi-personalities and psychosis..

The thing about this book is that it is able to give a mysterious Edgar Allan Poe feel to it that gives a the speaker a vindicated reason of being perverse.

A lot of what Peter Crumb (protagonist) does in the book is Perverse but his reasoning is given, although it is unjustifiable .... it still is a reason even thought Peter is delusional...

Read this book, it is interesting if you are a Chuck Palanuik fan...
It has the same grotesque descriptions..
the same unfamiliar and insane instances..
the fear and horror like Edgar Allan Poe's tales...

and brings you to look at a different perspective.

Because the narrator does not limit what he tells the readers, he seems to be honest and really does give out a lot of information so you can bring things into your own perspectives.... The story doesn't limit or control interpretations like Edgar Allan Poe's stories.

Just give it a try. It's a new British author, you might like it. Its a crazy story.
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AJ
4.0 out of 5 stars British Patrick Bateman
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2011
When I read the synopsis for this novel, I immediately thought of American Psycho. Peter Crumb is an interesting character with similar views and violent urges to American Psycho's Patrick Bateman. He kills without remorse and is racist, sexist and materialistic.

The story follows him in a first person account of a week of madness, during which he kills a prostitute, a young store clerk and his neighbours, among others.

I would recommend this book to anyone with a strong stomach. If you could handle Bret Eason Ellis' American Psycho, this will only give you a bit of a jolt. A quick, fun disturbing read.
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Kenny C.
4.0 out of 5 stars Crumb not crummy
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2008
If you didn't know better, you would think this book were written by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, Choke & Rant. It is very in your face, with a lot of gross out scenes and twisted dark humor. If you like the above books, this is right up your alley.

Peter Crumb, a seemingly moral British man, has a voice in his head that tells him to engage in insanely immorale acts. Crumb's split personality is with him 24/7 and at first, they constantly argue over everything.

The voice refered to as "him" is highly disturbed and he is right right there with Peter in his head throughout the story. The internal conflicts almost always end in the killer getting his way. Bloody murders and rapes are "his" favorite past-times and "he" becomes a terrible influence on Crumb.

The reason for the title is that this split personality plans on killing its host body at the end of seven days.

Glynn's storytelling is superb. My only real critiques fall in super long paragraphing in places and in that the end is a little abrupt. Oterwise, this is a great quick read for people who like horrific content with a touch of gross-out humor.
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Tyler
3.0 out of 5 stars Meh
Reviewed in Canada on June 9, 2020
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This book doesn't even skirt the masterpiece that is American Pyscho, which seems to be its main claim. That being said it's ok. Belongs next to other serial killer themed, but ultimately forgettable, horror novels on your shelf. That's not where I keep Bret Easton Ellis.
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Mr. C. J. Lewis
5.0 out of 5 stars Peter Crumb what a nutter..........
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2010
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What can I say about Peter Crumb, except for the fact that he is totally and utterly nuts.......
The book however is a really good book. It delves deep into the mind of the not quite right and totally insane people out there living amoung us. Highly amusing in places and highly thought provoking in others a truely great read. And when he starts to talk about himself in the 3rd person its just brilliant laugh out loud funny (even though you know you should not be laughing you just cant help yourself).
If you loved Fight Club you'll love this.
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johnny
5.0 out of 5 stars A ride through hell...
Reviewed in Germany on April 22, 2008
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To start this off with a comparison, let me tell you this: Patrick Bateman is a nice guy from next door in comparison to this Peter Crumb, who is, by all means deeply psychotic, and by far the more grotesque maniac. He seems to exist in different layers, talking to himself quasi as being a different person too. Peter Crumb, who has 7 days to live and who has decided (or has his other I) to go for it in a definitive kind of way, knowing there is no life afterwards anyway. Peter Crumb, who takes his suggestions from newspaper headers, i.e. Monday said: MURDER. A sort of conscious Jekyll & Hyde syndrome, with the main difference, that there is no good and bad, but bad (and a spineless jerk at the same time) and very bad, to put it mildly. There are coming-throughs of consciousness, or moral, but they get swept away by "him" more or less immediately. Yes, this book is definetely sick, it's ugly, it's disgusting, it's a real ride through bloody hell. On the other hand though, it's extremely absorbing (Jonny Glynn also deliberately plays with the reader's- at least my- permanent question, "why does Peter Crumb have only 7 days to live", which actually is resolved only at the end...), you just can't put the damned thing down after you've started, which made me read until I finished the book really early morning...
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lysander1
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as dark as some
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2020
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Well written and very British. More gloomy than dark and nowhere near as sick as people are making out. If you've read any splatterpunk, this is vanilla. Fun, interesting, brisk.
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Hobbit
3.0 out of 5 stars Nicht schlecht aber irgendwie auch nicht echt gut...
Reviewed in Germany on October 26, 2017
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in Bezug auf diesen Roman bin ich sehr zwiegespalten. Mir hat er zwar gesamtseitlich ganz gut gefallen aber gleichzeitig habe ich mich auch über lange Strecken des Buches fast schon gelangweilt. Definitiv vom Härtegrad gar kein Vergleich zum modernen Klassiker "American Psycho", mehr ein Psychogramm einer extrem gespaltenen Persönlichkeit, gespickt mit einigen teilweise recht brutalen Morden. Für mich aber insgesamt nur so lala und ich muß ehrlich einräumen, ich hatte mir von diesem Buch mehr erwartet.
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