Product Description

'A writer of extraordinary talent' - "New York Times". Albion Gidley Singer appears an entirely proper man: husband, father, pillar of the community. But he is a hollow man, and within him are frightened and frighteningly dark places from which spring loathing and fear of female flesh. And the kind of violence that might call itself love. "Dark Places" tells the story of this man - two parts monster to one part buffoon - and of his growing obsession. As the horror mounts, we gain a terrifying glimpse of the male ego's dark side, and of the destruction it can wreak upon itself and others. Yet at the same time Kate Grenville keeps alive the reader's sympathy for this doomed figure. This is a novel that fearlessly confronts the aspects of ourselves from which we normally recoil. 'An eloquent, angry and humane novel...A very fine, albeit terrifying, writer' - "Irish Times". 'Remarkable' - "Guardian".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93522 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Customer Reviews

Enter the mind of the narcissist
Ever been at the receiving end of a manipulator, a narcissist, a psychopath and wondered what was going through their minds?

Read this book and you'll start to understand how their desperately unhappy and empty minds work. How they get their thrills from setting you up and causing you hurt. See the world through the eyes of a man with no soul, no heart, so humanity.

The book is slow to get going but once Albion Gidley Singer reaches adulthood it is totally absorbing. The dark places of Mr Singer's mind are revealed slowly, thoroughly in their full horror.

A good book is one that changes you, so you are not the same person after you've read it as you were before. This book is a superb read if you seek to understand the reasons behind the insidious put-downs, the belittling, and the petty little cruelties that such people delight in.