Alphabet
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Penology, Fiction & Literature, Crime, Literary
| Author: | Kathy Page | ISBN: | 9781927428948 |
| Publisher: | Biblioasis | Publication: | September 29, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Biblioasis | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kathy Page |
| ISBN: | 9781927428948 |
| Publisher: | Biblioasis |
| Publication: | September 29, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Biblioasis |
| Language: | English |
"Simply an epiphany."-Kirkus, starred review
Simon Austen has the names people have called him tattooed all over his body. Waste of Space. Bastard. A Threat to Women. Murderer. Facing a lifetime behind bars and subjected to new therapies for sexual reprogramming, Simon finds himself plunged into a terrifying process of self-reconstruction. But how much, in the end, can a man really change? Darkly compelling and deeply moving, Alphabet is a psychological exploration of one man’s uncertain and often-harrowing journey towards rehabilitation.
"Intense, revealing, challenging and above all riveting I kept saying to myself, how could she know this?”-Erwin James, convicted murderer, author of A Life Inside: A Prisoner’s Notebook
Sometimes novelists go too far-and sometimes they manage to demonstrate that too far is the place they needed to go.”-Time Out UK
Praise for Kathy Page
Her unforgettable prose is moody, shape-shifting, provocative and always as compelling as a strong light at the end of a road you hesitate to walk down...but will.”- Amy Bloom, author of Where the God of Love Hangs Out
Marvellously well-crafted I can't remember the last time I was so compelled, impressed and unsettled by the emotional world of a novel.”- Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet
"Simply an epiphany."-Kirkus, starred review
Simon Austen has the names people have called him tattooed all over his body. Waste of Space. Bastard. A Threat to Women. Murderer. Facing a lifetime behind bars and subjected to new therapies for sexual reprogramming, Simon finds himself plunged into a terrifying process of self-reconstruction. But how much, in the end, can a man really change? Darkly compelling and deeply moving, Alphabet is a psychological exploration of one man’s uncertain and often-harrowing journey towards rehabilitation.
"Intense, revealing, challenging and above all riveting I kept saying to myself, how could she know this?”-Erwin James, convicted murderer, author of A Life Inside: A Prisoner’s Notebook
Sometimes novelists go too far-and sometimes they manage to demonstrate that too far is the place they needed to go.”-Time Out UK
Praise for Kathy Page
Her unforgettable prose is moody, shape-shifting, provocative and always as compelling as a strong light at the end of a road you hesitate to walk down...but will.”- Amy Bloom, author of Where the God of Love Hangs Out
Marvellously well-crafted I can't remember the last time I was so compelled, impressed and unsettled by the emotional world of a novel.”- Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet
