Review: OH, DEAR!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2013
Well this story is certainly not pretty to read, or even easy to enjoy.  It starts out with a focus on a socially inadequate young man who does not get out much, is grossly overweight and for some obscure reason, we also need to know that he suffers from severe haemorrhoids.  After an apparent attack of this condition, this character disappears from the story altogether only to be replaced by a psychotic split personality mass murderer masquerading as a university professor.  He is charged with a particularly violent and hideous crimea and the rest of the story deals with his interrogation by the local constabulary.After the utterly delightful and genre leading novella, JUST SOUTH OF ROME, this short story came as a shock.  One can only assume it was written a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, because that is where it belongs.BFN Greggorio