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Dark Corners
by Ruth Rendell
I relish Ruth Rendell for obvious facts which I have propounded in my reviews ad nauseum, but no hesitation in putting it forth again - I love the way her books start from apparently innocent circumstances, normal appearing characters and slowly but steadily deteriorate into mental chaos, insanity and murder. This book too wasnt an exception.
The premises were innocent - Carl, a stay at home author with comfortable financial circumstances, enjoying the moderate success of his first book, is working on his second, and hires the upper part of his house to a new tenant Dermot, who slowly and steadily tries to take over.
Carl tries to withstand, but his fortunes get reversed when he 'sells' some pills (DNP or dinitrophenol) to his obese actor friend who desperately wants to lose her girth, leading to undesirable effects.
Dermot, and then later his girl friend slowly possess Carl, and his steady girl friend Nicola, slowly drifts away from his life. The whole sordid story has a couple of murders and ends in an unexpected manner, slightly different from other Ruth Rendell endings.
I enjoyed this book, and was totally enthralled with the mental makeover of Carl. Thank God, I am not letting my house to anyone.
The premises were innocent - Carl, a stay at home author with comfortable financial circumstances, enjoying the moderate success of his first book, is working on his second, and hires the upper part of his house to a new tenant Dermot, who slowly and steadily tries to take over.
Carl tries to withstand, but his fortunes get reversed when he 'sells' some pills (DNP or dinitrophenol) to his obese actor friend who desperately wants to lose her girth, leading to undesirable effects.
Dermot, and then later his girl friend slowly possess Carl, and his steady girl friend Nicola, slowly drifts away from his life. The whole sordid story has a couple of murders and ends in an unexpected manner, slightly different from other Ruth Rendell endings.
I enjoyed this book, and was totally enthralled with the mental makeover of Carl. Thank God, I am not letting my house to anyone.