![]() ![]() ![]() So, if anyone’s read this one till the end, I’m interested in their opinion on this er…unusual novel. Really, I couldn’t go further with this, despite Télérama’s glowing review. I disliked mutilation parties to celebrate someone’s new mutilation. ![]() I couldn’t read more discussions about whether cutting a toe counted as one mutilation point or if toes should be counted as a whole to get a point. I couldn’t read more about these people who are in awe of men who cut toes or fingers to score points. I recoiled from the concept of mutilating yourself voluntarily. However, I couldn’t stomach the brotherhood. I cringed when I read how Kline lost his hand but I’ve read worse. Since access to information requires a certain rank in the secret society, how far will Kline go to investigate this murder? Will he accept additional mutilations? And brothers only have access to brothers who are on the same level of mutilation –which is in contradiction with the term of brother, according to me, but I’m not the writer here. The more mutilated you are, the higher you climb in the hierarchy. This brotherhood is only composed of mutilated men. Few readers remember his short story collection The Wavering Knife, which explores more difficult and destabilizing ideas. He’s hired by a secret society to investigate a murder in their community. Brian Evenson became a cult figure in the publishing industry with ambitious and original genre novels such as Last Days and The Open Curtain, and because of a well-publicized feud with Brigham Young University. Kline is a PI who lost his hand in a mission that didn’t end well. I have a lot of billets to catch up with, so I’ll be very quick with The Brotherhood of Mutilation by Brian Evenson because I couldn’t finish it. (2006) French title: La confrérie des mutilés. The Brotherhood of Mutilation by Brian Evenson. ![]()
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