An Absolute Gentleman

A spine-chilling first novel loosely based on the author's real-life relationship with a convicted murderer, An Absolute Gentleman delves, with subtlety and tremendous psychological insight, into a serial killer's mind.

Meet Arthur Bloom: charming guy, small-town English professor, struggling writer, and occasional murderer. In this beautifully articulated debut novel, R. M. Kinder brilliantly channels Arthur's voice to reveal the aberrant thought processes of a surprisingly sympathetic serial killer. Horror arises as it does in real life, in brief hints and disclosures that gradually reveal the complex nature of an all-too-human narrator.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 10/01/2007
ISBN: 9781582433882
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.58w x 0.78d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/13/2007 pg. 42
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2007 pg. 818
Booklist 08/01/2007 pg. 31
Library Journal 08/01/2007 pg. 70
Entertainment Weekly 10/05/2007 pg. 74