I Am an Executioner - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook I Am an Executioner write by Rajesh Parameswaran. This book was released on 2012-01-01. I Am an Executioner available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A vivid, glittering, savage collection of stories from an astonishing literary talent.
I Am An Executioner
I Am An Executioner - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook I Am An Executioner write by Rajesh Parameswaran. This book was released on 2012-04-10. I Am An Executioner available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An explosive, funny, wildly original fiction debut: nine stories about the power of love and the love of power, two urgent human desires that inevitably, and sometimes calamitously, intertwine. In I Am an Executioner, Rajesh Parameswaran introduces us to a cast of heroes—and antiheroes—who spring from his riotous, singular imagination. From the lovesick tiger who narrates the unforgettable opener, “The Infamous Bengal Ming” (he mauls his zookeeper out of affection), to the ex-CompUSA employee who masquerades as a doctor; from a railroad manager in a turn-of-the-century Indian village, to an elephant writing her autobiography; from a woman whose Thanksgiving preparations put her husband to eternal rest, to the newlywed executioner of the title, these characters inhabit a marvelous region between desire and death, playfulness and violence. At once glittering and savage, daring and elegant, here are wholly unforgettable tales where reality loops in Borgesian twists and shines with cinematic exuberance, by an author who promises to dazzle the universe of American fiction. This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
My Experiences as an Executioner
My Experiences as an Executioner - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook My Experiences as an Executioner write by James Berry. This book was released on 2021-06-24. My Experiences as an Executioner available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “My Experiences as an Executioner” is a 1892 memoir by English executioner James Berry (1852–1913). Berry was most notable for his contribution to the science of hanging, refining the long drop method developed by William Marwood so as to reduce the mental and physical suffering of those hanged. In this volume, Berry offers insights into the various methods he employed as an executioner and what it was like witnessing people's final moments. Contents include: “The Executioner at Home by H. Snowden Ward”, “How I Became an Executioner”, “My First Execution”, “My Method of Execution”, “Other Methods of Execution”, “Two Terrible Experiences”, “How Murderers Die”, “From the Murderer’s Point of View”, “On Capital Punishment”, etc. Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic memoir now in a brand new edition complete with the introductory essay “On Anne Green, Her Execution” by John Mainard.
London: The Executioner's City
London: The Executioner's City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook London: The Executioner's City write by David Brandon. This book was released on 2022-06-30. London: The Executioner's City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tyburn Fields is the best known site of execution in London, but London may be aptly named the executioner's city, so many were the places where executions could and did occur. This book reveals the capital as a place where the bodies of criminals defined the boundaries of the city and heads on poles greeted patrons on London Bridge.
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Executioner's Song write by Norman Mailer. This book was released on 2012-05-08. The Executioner's Song available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, a convicted killer becomes the first prisoner to be executed in the United States. The Executioner's Song follows the true story of cold-blooded murderer Gary Gilmore, who, after being tried and convicted, insisted on being executed for his crimes. To do so, he fought a system intent on keeping him alive long after it sentenced him to death. Norman Mailer tells Gilmore's story with impressive authority and compassion. The Executioner's Song is a trip down the wrong side of the tracks, right into the heart of American loneliness and violence–it is impossible to put down and difficult to forget.
