In the forest
by Edna O'Brien
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"In the Forest returns to the countryside of western Ireland, the vivid backdrop of Edna O'Brien's previous novel, Wild Decembers. Murder is again the story's climax, but the killer's motives are deeply buried in his psychoses rather than triggered by exterior conflict.
Michen O'Kane loses his mother as a boy and by the age of ten is incarcerated for petty crimes in juvenile detention centers, "the places named after the saints." But his problems go beyond early loss and abuse - the killing instinct is already kindled in him. He is christened by fearful neighbors "the Kinderschreck," meaning someone of whom small children are afraid.
As in Greek tragedy, there are unwitting victims for sacrifice in the Kinderschreck's world - a radiant young woman, her little son, and a devout and trusting priest, all dispatched to the forest of O'Kane's unbridled, deranged fantasies."--BOOK JACKET.
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In the forest
2002, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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0297607324 9780297607328
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A terrifying new novel from the author of Wild Decembers follows Michen O'Kane, who was born with a killer instinct, as he unleashes his murderous rage along the countryside of western Ireland, drawing innocent victims into the forest of his twisted fantasies.
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