tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post8401265857994777430..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Short take: Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside MeJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-17997034985561373272012-05-04T19:59:04.590+05:302012-05-04T19:59:04.590+05:30"The Killer Inside Me" is a masterful ex..."The Killer Inside Me" is a masterful example of how a talented author has it within his or her power to manipulate readers.kamagrahttp://www.kamagracentre.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-8850269237344499672011-08-19T15:01:02.045+05:302011-08-19T15:01:02.045+05:30nice post,i just read and watched the movie also,i...nice post,i just read and watched the movie also,i feel cassey affleck was pitch perfect in this role,the tone of his voice suits the character perfectly,wits ur opinion about it ,<br /><br />also,andrew dominik has wrritten a draft also with tom cruise in mind,i wonder how that would have worked out ,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-9829533294946827752011-08-05T14:46:50.315+05:302011-08-05T14:46:50.315+05:30what is great about catcher in the rye for it to b...what is great about catcher in the rye for it to become a cult book? i saw nothing great in it. it was rather boring. or are you supposed to say its a great book simply because everybody else says so? it did nothing for me. it was thoroughly insipid.shivakumarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-62662793318390394412011-08-03T12:56:55.642+05:302011-08-03T12:56:55.642+05:30I'm currently reading Sebastian Faulk's En...I'm currently reading Sebastian Faulk's Engleby, which is also a fictional self-portrait of a person who seems normal, though socially awkward on the outside, but has a hidden side to him. I've liked it so far; and it's interesting to read this post about another such character.Ramyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200409540625218822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-29812747175233089382011-08-02T16:31:23.155+05:302011-08-02T16:31:23.155+05:30I must say this is one of those books that I read ...I must say this is one of those books that I read because it came highly recommended (classics of crime fiction and all that) - and came away with nothing. I barely even remember the novel now. I'd love to read a full-fledged lit-crit piece on it that might make me go back and read it again. (Perhaps you can write one, Jai?)scritichttp://cogsciresearch.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-17176545478940548162011-08-02T16:23:11.095+05:302011-08-02T16:23:11.095+05:30Indisch: there is a back-story for Lou in the book...Indisch: there <i>is</i> a back-story for Lou in the book, but it isn't presented to us in the form of a full-fledged, prolonged flashback - instead, we get little glimpses of his troubled childhood and we are left to fill in some of the details ourselves.<br /><br />What I meant in my post is that Lou himself gives the impression of knowing how his "sickness" began, but by the end we realise that he has unfathomed depths, and that everything can't be conveniently "explained". In this sense, the book reminds me a bit of the ending of Hitchcock's <i>Psycho</i>, where a smug psychiatrist explains Norman Bates to us, but then the final scene brings us face to face with a mental condition that no one can fully unravel.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-18136572960504544772011-08-02T14:50:36.759+05:302011-08-02T14:50:36.759+05:30Had watched the movie sometime ago. Yes, you are r...Had watched the movie sometime ago. Yes, you are right about not being provided with an insight into the development of the character's psyche. It's worse in the movie (we don't even see him reading psychiatry stuff as a child). Liked the movie though.<br /><br />Could it be intentional by the author? To let his character be and act in the present and refrain from explaining or attaching meaning to his behaviour? Perhaps a smart way of disguising one's laziness or a brilliant coverup for lack of a coherent flashback story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com