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Jem and Will are cousins, whose divergent paths are followed from before World War II to the 1960s. Extrovert Will becomes a famous entertainer, while in time, Jem becomes the most feared state executioner. Soon Jem faces a loyalty-stretching situation, on finding he may have hung the wrong man.
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From the author of In the Kingdom of Air comes A Perfect Execution, the tale of Jeremiah Bembo, England's greatest hangman. Propelled by a murder-mystery plot, the book is more the tale of the discovery of the hangman's true human identity than it is just a conventional search for the true identity of a murderer. Rich with metaphor--Bembo comes from a family of puppeteers and Binding doesn't shy away from references to manipulating the strings of destiny--and tautly executed, A Perfect Execution does an admirable job of getting inside the head of an executioner and rendering him both believable and believably human.
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Executioner Solomon Straw is unlike most in his profession. He comes to his calling out of love and compassion. After witnessing a prolonged and torturous killing of a downed German pilot, he vows to make death easy and painless for the condemned.
Straw perfects his art and is universally acclaimed as the best in England. His carefully chosen professional pseudonym ("Solomon" for wisdom and "Straw" for the fragility of human life) goes far beyond concealing his real identity from the curious and the vengeful: It allows him to isolate his caring and his passion, keeping them at bay even from his wife.
The unquestionable appeal of A Perfect Execution lies in Tim Binding's uncanny ability to create a novel of rare emotional power from cruel, even macabre events. The chillingly suspenseful plot and the sheer beauty of the language hold the reader mesmerized. The tightly-woven, often bizarre, circumstances of the characters' lives trigger a variety of responses--tears, joy, fear, and anger are often the results of reading a single page. As a reading experience, and as an exploration of punishment and compassion, A Perfect Execution is a novel like no other.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0330345648
- ISBN 13 9780330345644
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
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