The Torturer's Apprentice
Publisher: Ecco (HarperCollins)
Published: January 9, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780060198350
First sentence: IT BEGAN AS chafing, a patch of dry skin, in the palm of his left hand.
Description: "This debut collection of stories by John Biguenet is as notable for the rigor of its intellect as for the sweep of its imagination. Whether recounting the predicament of an atheistic stigmatic in "The Vulgar Soul" or a medieval torturer who must employ his terrible skills upon his own apprentice in the title tale, these stories decline to settle for ready sentiments or easy assurances."--Jacket.