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The Lenient Beast (Paperback)

by Fredric Brown (Author)
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  • Paperback: 191 pages
  • Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc; 1st Carroll & Graf Ed edition (28 Dec 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0881844446
  • ISBN-13: 978-0881844443
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,424,887 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Logical add-on to the old phrase about a busybody never resting. Fred Brown's Lenient Beast is a five-part narrative telling of the perfect crime. The killer is driven not out of lust, greed or any of the usual sobs, rather 'cause he cares so much for all of us. First published 1956. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pynchon rather than Spillane, 13 July 2006
By deadmanjones (Stockport, UK) - See all my reviews
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This novel of serial killings garners its strength from the bluntness and crispness of Brown's narrative; this is a detective novel with no moody lighting, no one-liners and no super cool hero. Each chapter presents a different view point, yet each latches onto the previous chapter to create a stifling tale of a week in a small town in the US south with a killer on the lose. This is the literary equivalent of Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth or Mystery Train - this is Pynchon rather than Spillane.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You've never read a detective novel quite like this one..., 24 Dec 1998
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This novel of serial killings garners its strength from the bluntness and crispness of Brown's narrative; this is a detective novel with no moody lighting, no one-liners and no super cool hero. Each chapter presents a different view point, yet each latches onto the previous chapter to create a stifling tale of a week in a small town in the US south with a killer on the lose. This is the literary equivalent of Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth or Mystery Train - this is Pynchon rather than Spillane.
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