worthy choices. I'd also add "I was Dora Suarez" by Derek Raymond to this list.
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Clinton" <clinton65@...> wrote:
>
> Were I to compile a list of three serial-killer novels that epitomize the
> best this niche genre has to offer, I'd include THE COLLECTOR by John
> Fowles, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by Thomas Harris, and BY REASON OF INSANITY by
> Shane Stevens. There are other good ones, to be sure (and I'm probably
> unaware of a number of them since I swore off serial killer novels some time
> back) and certainly many more bad ones, but these exemplary three approach
> the theme from different perspectives and illustrate the fact that serial
> killer novels don't have to be a tired retread of one another...a fact too
> often ignored by the glut of titles that substitute prurient thrills for
> substantive literary worth.
>
> Ron C.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of David Corbett
>
>
> > Excuse me if I'm repeating myself, can't remember if I've brought this up
> before, or
> > if so how recently, but THE COLLECTOR by John Fowles is a great serial
> killer
> > book.
>
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