- Taschenbuch: 240 Seiten
- Verlag: Harper Perennial; Auflage: 1st Edition (26. Dezember 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0061351482
- ISBN-13: 978-0061351488
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,3 x 14,1 x 1,5 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 253.579 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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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.” (New York Times Book Review )
“Savage, stylish...beautifully designed.” (Metro London )
“The devil in Glynn’s details begs to be read.” (Dazed & Confused (UK) )
“Savage, stylish...beautifully designed.” (Metro London )
“The devil in Glynn’s details begs to be read.” (Dazed & Confused (UK) )
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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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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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Crumb not crummy
26. März 2008
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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.
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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British Psycho
22. Februar 2010
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The erosion of the mind into a moralless heap. You have to wonder what in Johnny Glynn's youth brought out these disturbing thoughts. Vivid detail draws a type of panic not just for the victims but for our protagonist(s) as well, because Peter Crumb is more than just one psyche, he is chaos.
British Patrick Bateman
18. März 2011
Format:Taschenbuch
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.
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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