An Absolute Gentleman : A Novel (Paperback)

from pdebolt

This is the chilling story of a serial killer told in the first-person by the murderer, who is outwardly a pleasant Creative Writing professor in a small midwestern college. His history with his mother is told in enough detail that we understand why he is both attracted to and repulsed by women. ...

from ehines

Kinder creates a remarkable, consistent, compelling voice here . . . until the very end where things fall apart a bit--where the narrator's rationalizations seem utterly out of character. Maybe there's some sense to why this is so, but the book closes rather too quickly to bring that sense of thi...

from sidiki

An Absolute Gentleman is an immensely enjoyable read. I did not find a single dull moment in it, unlike scores of books of popular authors who fill up pages of irrelevant and boring info inorder to have a 300 plus pages book. The way the author has the protagonist (the narrator himself) analyze t...

from davedonelson

In R.M. Kinder's debut novel, the secret life of Arthur Blume goes far beyond anything (hopefully) your creative writing teacher ever led. He's a serial killer, one with a career as a failed novelist and a penchant for sleeping with his students, fellow teachers, and the odd victim. In everything...

from carmarie

I grabbed this book off my shelf on a whim, and I'm so glad that I did. I was so pleasantly surprised how much I submerged myself into the book. I love when this happens. I barely wanted to come up for air, it was so good. The voice of Arthur Blume was amazing and fascinating. I can't wait to see...