A perfect execution. A novel.

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ISBN 10: 0330345648 / ISBN 13: 9780330345644

Published by London Picador 1996, 1996

About this Item

Gr. 8°, 3 leaves, 344 pp., hardback with dust jacket. First edition.- Signed by the author on title leaf.- Fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A perfect execution. A novel.
• Publisher: London Picador 1996
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330345648
• ISBN 13: 9780330345644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Profoundly changed after witnessing the death of a wounded World War II soldier, young Jeremiah Bembo becomes what he considers to be a "merciful executioner," who brings compassion and release to the dying.

Review

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.