- Taschenbuch: 360 Seiten
- Verlag: Arrow Books; Auflage: N.-A. (6. Juni 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0099736411
- ISBN-13: 978-0099736417
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,8 x 13 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.4 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (8 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 122.955 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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21st-century London is a world of elaborate technology, uncontained violence and sickening squalor, where serial killing has reached epidemic proportions. Chief Inspector Jakowicz needs all her powers of reason and intuition to stop a killer whose selection of victims threatens government security.
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21st-century London is a world of elaborate technology, uncontained violence and sickening squalor, where serial killing has reached epidemic proportions. Chief Inspector Jakowicz needs all her powers of reason and intuition to stop a killer whose selection of victims threatens government security.
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This one is set a little ways into the future, about 20 years. A computer hacker in England breaks into a government file and discovers a list of persons inflicted with a rare brain disorder which identifies the individual as a potential serial killer. Imagine his shock when he discovers his name on the list. He takes it upon himself to track down these potential killers and... Well, that's all you'll get out of me. Don't miss this!
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It's the execution that received a paltry four stars. The idea is brilliant and disturbing: what are the logical consequences of discovering that a specific genetic trait, identifiable through mass testing of the population, correlates with (or causes) serial killing? Kerr imagines such a situation, and in this plausible near-future world one of the men with this trait decides to make a series of pre-emptive strikes on his cohorts.
I would have liked to see a deeper engagement with the philosophical ramifications of this. There is plenty of philosophy here, but it's relatively shallow (perhaps inevitable in a novel that has no pretensions of being a treatise). My largest complaint is that there's doubt even at the end whether the perpetrator is in fact completely sane. This dulls the impact of the self-fulfilling prophecy (tell an otherwise law-abiding man he's genetically predisposed to serial homicide, and what do you think he's going to go out and do?), and also of the moral problem. The narrator of Walker Percy's "Lancelot" is a fascist, but at least he doesn't think he's his own pseudonym. (Incidentally, this is perhaps the least plausible part of the novel: upon being diagnosed, the soon-to-be killer is given by the government the alias "Wittgenstein," a philosopher with whom he has so much in common, and with whom he identifies himself so closely, that he may become delusional, at times thinking he is in some way Ludwig Wittgenstein. What are the odds of him getting that one name out of all the possible aliases? Please.) The novel would have been much stronger, and its message much more disturbing, had only the killer been clearly sane. Then the contrast between the retribution-minded government and the prevention-minded killer would have been more interesting. Then the reader would have to take seriously the killer's conclusions drawn from premises of existentialism and utilitarianism. Kerr leaves a way out for the reader ("the man's crazy!") that he shouldn't have allowed.
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After reading this book twice in the space of two years I can honestly say that this is both a fine novel, a philosophical primer and a fabulous movie waiting to happen. By casting a woman as the books anti-hero (and she's certainly not perfect) whilst avoiding gratuitous sex and fragility Kerr gives us someone we can trust and believe in. The bond that builds between the books primary characters echoes reality more than convention and he's unafraid of making relationships and concepts so complex that easy answers are impossible. Anyone who enjoys being entertained and stimulated simultaneously, or who thought that "Seven" was a great movie should read this book. If all you've read from Kerr has thus been disapointing, trust me his talent is far more reliable than his consistancy.
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Genuine real clever set charachters, gripping tale.
Genuine real clever set charachters, gripping tale, tasty philosophical backbone, aching and inevitable loneliness of the bad man, she hero is as real as alive, read it...
Am 28. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
Interesting psico-philosophical plot,average futuristic set.
Very good book for a gripping reading. Nevertheless, the futuristic set is poorly recreated, particulary in computer technology. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Mai 1998 veröffentlicht
Interesting read, bad dialogue
This book has a great many clever ideas, and a tight and engaging narrative which makes it a thought-provoking and entertaining read. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. April 1998 von gocam@odyssee.net
What can be killed can be killed cleanly
Wittgenstein, the philosopher whose thinking drives the thinking of the killer in this novel, once said that "what can be said can be said clearly". Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. Februar 1997 veröffentlicht
killing those who'll kill -- preventing the problem?
The book was recommended to me by a friend, and I found it very interesting. Psychologically, and just plain amazement at the wonders of the 21st century. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. September 1996 veröffentlicht
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