This riveting story of passion, greed and murder is a serial novel about a potential serial killer, and a railway novel which takes a novel look at railways. Zola believed in atavism and Jacques is cursed with 'an awful hereditary disorder' which drives him to sexual possession and murder. He lives in a society governed by technological progress where some, driven by greed, kill in cold blood. Should we accuse or excuse? As atmospheric and memorable as Germinal (bwl 64).
(Denise Lewis - bwl 70 Autumn 2013 ) |
