Because of all the discussion several months ago, I knew the
general outcome, which was a little annoying. However, this
knowledge enabled me to note ambiguities in the narrator's
presentation of events. The clues are all there, very
skilfully laid out.
Karin
PS It pays to suggest books to your library. I'm pretty sure
they bought this one--also Guthrie and more Bruen--at my
suggestion.
At 03:49 09/11/05 -0800, Jack wrote:
>I thought that THE CONFESSION was definitely
noir
>in spite of the fact that it does not fit
>comfortably with my personal definition
that
>"Noir"="Screwed."
>
>SPOILER ALERT
>,
>,
>,
>,
>,
>,
>,
>
>Although, I do think the character, in the
end,
>considers the final step to being screwed.
>
>I thought for most of the book that the
protag
>was innocent and that he was being drawn
into
>something of which he was totally
innocent.
>
>There is no spoiler here, since just about
>everybody knows the ending by now.
>
>My questions for those who read the book: did
you
>think that the protag was the killer from
the
>beginning? If not, when did you realize that
he
>was the killer?
>
>Curious.
>
>Jack Bludis
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