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by Derek Raymond (Author) "Interrupted by her because she had come to see what was happening next door while he was still finishing up with the girl, the killer..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Serpent's Tail (13 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 185242799X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1852427993
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 66,517 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'A sulphurous mixture of ferocious violence and high-flown philosophy' Prospect 'A mixture of thin-lipped Chandleresque backchat and of idioms more icily subversive' Observer 'I cannot think of another writer so obsessed with the skull beneath the skin' The Times 'Raymond writes with a stomach-churning exactness about murder, madness and mutilation' The Times 'If you think of the act of writing as a game of chicken between the author and his talent, then Derek Raymond is one author who achieves his ecstasy by sailing off cliffs. Everything about I Was Dora Suarez shrieks of the joy and pain of going too far' New York Times"


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'If you think of the act of writing as a game of chicken between the
author and his talent, then Derek Raymond is one author who achieves his ecstasy by sailing off cliffs. Everything about I WAS DORA SUAREZ shrieks of the joy and pain of going too far. This hair-raising narrative opens in the midst of a double murder whose graphic horrors would be unreadable were it not for the author's unflinching insights into the killer's madness glimpsed through eyes that had perished violently centuries ago, and for the appalling beauty of the prose'

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Interrupted by her because she had come to see what was happening next door while he was still finishing up with the girl, the killer came up to the old woman without a word, got hold of her as if she were a load of last week's rubbish and hurled her through the front of her grandfather clock, which stood just inside the door of the flat, using strength that even he didn't know he had. Read the first page
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Noir Masterpiece, 26 May 2003
This review is from: I Was Dora Suarez (Hardcover)
Derek Raymonds masterpiece. Quite possibly the greatest noir/crime novel ever published.
The nameless detective hunts for the brutal killer of a young woman and an old lady,learning how she came to be killed through excerpts from dora suarez's diary, culminating in a horrific showdown.
The opening 20-30 pages of this book are possibly the most horrific and violent ever published, yet it isnt gratutious.
Derek Raymond is a moralist his novels are all about justice for the dead and dispossed.

This novel will haunt you for years and makes James Ellroy seem like Agatha Christie.
Read this first then read the rest of the factory series the finest british noir books ever published.
He will be missed.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Genre stuff, 12 Nov 2009
By Grame Fletcher "Grame" (Northeast UK) - See all my reviews
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Well written of its kind, but it's not Simenon, nor is it PD James. Not even Rankin.

Reading about extremes of human behaviour ought to leave one with some sense of having had one's assumptions shaken. Not the slightest tremor here.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing crime novel, 4 Aug 2009
Short(ish), modern, London-based crime novel one of the short series of 'Factory' novels. The 'Factory' being the police department dedicated to low-profile murders.

This is psychological rather than action driven told from inside the heads of the psychopath, the unnamed police sergeant and the writings of the slaughtered Dora.

The policeman has to face up to the daily horrors of his job whilst society purports to care but doesn't want to face up to the evil consequences. He is challenged to the limit about the ends justifying the means.

This is a provocative novel about crime, rather than a crime thriller. It is designed to shock. Be WARNED - this is grim and violent to the level of an 18+ rating. For me, it succeeded in shocking but, overall, I felt it just didn't merit the semi-cult status it seems to enjoy.
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