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Author: Barbara VineFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown PubISBN-10: 0517703475
ISBN-13: 9780517703472Category: Mystery, Thriller
Publication Year: 1996Sub-Category: --
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A collection of passages from literature, both classic and current, all of which take murder as the subject. Edited by one of Britain's foremost living mystery writers.

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Length:244 pages
Height:9.0 in.
Width:6.0 in.
Thickness:1.2 in.
Weight:13.6 oz.

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One of the world's most acclaimed mystery writers presents a fascinating collection of writings about murder that delve into the human passions, terrors, and foibles that incite it and linger in its wake. Seeking to understand what drives people to murder, Ruth Rendell divides her gallery of murderers by their thoughts and motives: killing in the family, killing for revenge or for gain, murder driven by quilt, murder as a means of escape, as an altruistic act, or out of sheer evil, and, finally, murder for murder's sake. The pieces, ranging from poetry and prose to drama, probe into the minds of murder's sake. The pieces, ranging from poetry and prose to drama, probe into the minds of murderers across time, representing their thoughts, boasts, dreams, imaginations, remorse, and acts seen through the wondering eyes of observers. Rendell's interest in the dark side of humanity is the guiding force in her choice of writers--including Shakespeare, Sophocles, Poe, Camus, Capote, John Banville, P.D. James, Norman Mailer, and some more surprising choices, such as an extraordinary meditation on a husband's revenge by Brazilian writer Rachel de Queiroz, a treatise on the murderous mind by Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein on the manic depressive murderer, and Tolstoy's tale of the convict Aksenof, who refuses to punish the man responsible for his incarceration. Both for the questions about human nature that it leads us to ponder and for the sheer enjoyment of fine writing, THE REASON WHY will appeal to Rendell's own fans, lovers of literature, and anyone who has ever wondered, "How could they do it?"

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The Reason Why: An Anthology of the Murderous Mind

Ruth Rendell

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Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
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ISBN: 0517703475
Publication Date: 1996-03-05
Publisher: Crown
Pages: 244
Height: 1.2500 inches
Width: 6.0000 inches
Weight: 0.8500 pounds

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