tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post8697764556786816396..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: On the private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner...Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-25368712941680675052009-10-30T11:34:22.799+00:002009-10-30T11:34:22.799+00:00Rab gave you a splendid précis of some of the psyc...Rab gave you a splendid précis of some of the psychological implications there Bucket of Tongues.<br /><br />Still, maybe just a few details in case it might tempt another convert - the wikipedia article on the book is sufficiently vague not to give the plot away but to give a flavour of its obsessions and themes:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Memoirs_and_Confessions_of_a_Justified_SinnerLallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-6282075350025898242009-10-30T01:06:10.413+00:002009-10-30T01:06:10.413+00:00All of which might be true (and is phrased beautif...All of which might be true (and is phrased beautifully), but you haven't really said what the book's <i>about</i>! What's the setting, the plot (if any), the gist of it? Is it a memoir or novel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-90019310608537493872009-10-29T07:36:12.936+00:002009-10-29T07:36:12.936+00:00Hi Lallands,
I found this to be one of the most f...Hi Lallands,<br /><br />I found this to be one of the most frightening books I have ever read. Not that it is a "horror" novel in itself, far from it, but that it gives an insight to the mind of the fanatic.<br /><br />"I am one of the elect. As one of the elect I know right from wrong. Therefore anything I do as one of the elect must be right and for the good." Thus are all of the horrors of the world visited on mankind by mankind explained - from genocide and suicide bombers to hurtful remarks.<br /><br />One of the ultimate horrors is the sneaking suspicion, just sneaking mind you, that one might have on occasion acted thus oneself. Horrors.<br /><br />Regards,Rab o' Ruglennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-89504364515354921212009-10-28T08:42:22.595+00:002009-10-28T08:42:22.595+00:00Splendid, Alistair.
I hope you enjoy it as much a...Splendid, Alistair.<br /><br />I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-29378108520102366012009-10-27T14:06:22.482+00:002009-10-27T14:06:22.482+00:00Thanks for this.
From your post and recommendati...Thanks for this. <br /><br />From your post and recommendation I will gie it a go.<br /><br />regards.....Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.com