The Killer Inside Me - Jim Thompson
Notable American "Pulp Fiction" writer Jim Thompson's psychological tale of a psychopathic serial killer, published first in 1953, at that time the idea of such monsters existing in our midst is quite shocking and hard to believe.
But a dozen Ted Bundy's, Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer later, the public have grown accustomed to such evil men that walk the Earth as if they wouldn't hurt a fly.
"Wouldn't hurt a fly" Just like Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford, a man everybody looked up to, as the defender of peace in a small county in Texas. Lou Ford is appreciated by his boss and the town's citizenry, but hidden beneath that philosophical gestures and image of the law and the badge that he carries, Lou Ford carries something more sinister, more evil that only the past can betray.
It seems that as the body count rose, and nobody is a likely suspect. Lou Ford begins to think that people around him are suspecting him of the recent crimes being committed in his small county. Is Lou Ford capable of this crimes?
It seems that a "sickness" from the past, long been absent has resurfaced and this time there won't be any family to look after and cover up for him. As Lou Ford tries to act as the Sheriff in charge of solving the mysterious crimes another part of him tries to cover up by killing anybody and he means anybody who would at least dig up some dirty secrets from beyond.
But a dozen Ted Bundy's, Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer later, the public have grown accustomed to such evil men that walk the Earth as if they wouldn't hurt a fly.
"Wouldn't hurt a fly" Just like Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford, a man everybody looked up to, as the defender of peace in a small county in Texas. Lou Ford is appreciated by his boss and the town's citizenry, but hidden beneath that philosophical gestures and image of the law and the badge that he carries, Lou Ford carries something more sinister, more evil that only the past can betray.
It seems that as the body count rose, and nobody is a likely suspect. Lou Ford begins to think that people around him are suspecting him of the recent crimes being committed in his small county. Is Lou Ford capable of this crimes?
It seems that a "sickness" from the past, long been absent has resurfaced and this time there won't be any family to look after and cover up for him. As Lou Ford tries to act as the Sheriff in charge of solving the mysterious crimes another part of him tries to cover up by killing anybody and he means anybody who would at least dig up some dirty secrets from beyond.
"The Killer Inside Me" as Stanley Kubrick's blurb on the cover says "probably the most chilling first person criminally warped mind (written)".
Frightening indeed it was. The coldness of the narratives, the brutality that the character displays are enough to make you drizzle in sweat. One doesn't need further to be reminded of the evil and sickness that lingers around us, one just have to pick this book and read it cover to cover. And i dare you, you won't look up at a friendly neighbor, teacher, boss at work the same way ever again.
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