What I find most amazing in "The Confession" debate is the
running comment along the lines that "The Confession" is
about "how there is no downside to being a serial killer of
women." What!? Simply having an evil protagonist somehow
condones their actions? And don't forget to bring them to
literal, simple-minded justice, or else our readers will
think that the author doesn't know that serial killers are
evil. One pro-ban commentator actually questions Stansberry's
moral values! Where does that leave classic writers like Poe
and Conrad and many others? Notice to authors: be sure to
avoid ambiguous, noirish endings because your book will then
be banned by the simple-minded. By my count, the pro-ban
commentators outnumber the pro-Stansberry commentators 51% to
49%.
I found "The Confession" a frightening and fascinating
insight into the mind of a sociopathic serial killer that has
the reader fooled right to the last page. That's the stuff of
great literature, up there with "The Postman Always Rings
Twice," and other greats.
The other fascinating running comment in the debate is
essentially, "I haven't read 'The Confession,' but I agree
that it should be banned." I haven't read the work of any
author who said that, but I think they should be banned for
being censorious fools.
Bruce Makous Author: Riding the Brand
www.brucemakous.com
> From: "GERLACH, Steve" <
steve.gerlach@sma.com.au>
>
> Aaah, I always find it quite perplexing when book
readers start suggesting
> books should be banned.
>
> Very strange. But basically they missed the point of
the whole novel.
> Thankfully, they're usually outnumbered by hundreds
more who actually "get
> it."
>
> Steve
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