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The Punctual Rape Kindle Edition

by Campbell Armstrong (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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From early in the career of acclaimed international bestselling author Campbell Armstrong comes a dark, menacing, Kafkaesque thriller

Berg comes to the village to begin a new job and a new life far from the oppression of his mother. From the start, he feels ill at ease. His landlady is a widow whose husband died after eating poisoned mushrooms, and who cooks the foulest stew he has ever tasted. Her daughter, Monika, is a flirt who seems intent on undermining Berg’s fragile confidence. His job is a mystery of paper-pushing and classified documents, none of which he is allowed to understand. As the days go by, he feels a growing sense of dread. The town is closing in for the kill.
 
While Berg is sleeping, Monika is raped and left near death on the first floor of her house. She accuses Berg of the crime, drawing him into a labyrinth of bureaucratic justice from which insanity may be the only escape.

 
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  4. Publisher
    Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
  5. Publication date
    April 21, 2015
  6. File size
    1764 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00TZE2Q2M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller (April 21, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 21, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1764 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 ‏ : ‎ 204 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Mia
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerhouse of dark psychological fiction
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2017
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Second read by Armstrong, the goal was to see if the initial judgment of the author's talents based on Assassins and Victims was a one off thing or the real deal. So far so good. Two for two. This is a very different sort of book, though in starts off in a similar vein as the aforementioned Rendellian sort of small British town, restrictive social norms, etc., it quickly turns into a suspense driven bureaucratic sort of nightmare straight out of Kafka or Dostoevsky even. What I initially took to be a horrifying sort of title, is actually a line from a poem, not to mention a perfectly apt description for what takes place. There is in fact a rape accusation that sets off the entire play into motion and down and down the ball rolls until its inevitable tragic end. What's really striking about this short novel is how well the hallucinatory psychological horror of it is rendered as the increasingly unreliable narrator struggles against the increasingly insurmountable odds. It's claustrophobic, uneasy and very effective. Seems like I'm reading the author's works in chronological order, that's unplanned, but makes me appreciate the versatility of his talent all the more. Terribly bleak, but very strong and absorbing read. Recommended.
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HF
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic novel
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2012
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This novel by Campbell Black, later to write as Campbell Armstrong (Jig, Mazurka, Mambo), is a late 60s early 70s classic. Published in 1970 it won Black a Scottish Arts Council Award. It is a darkly sinister, mysterious tale with strong black humour and excellent characterisations. Brilliant! Highly recommend this and his other early novel 'Assassins and Victims'. Atmospheric and witty, Campbell Black has a unique way with words.
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