I'm looking for a book that's powerful and either about a crazy/insane person [maybe they're talking to themselves, are in jail, etc.] or maybe about a murderer. It has to be powerful and dramatic!
Thank you!
2007-05-13 09:27:12 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymousssss 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule (about Ted Bundy) or any of her books. She has made a career of writing about crimes that actually took place.
2007-05-21 02:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by Pamela B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Prozac nation" (sub-titled Young and Depressed in America : A Memoir), the author is Elizabeth Wurtzel and it's a true story and yes, she's crazy. She became all messed up when she went to college and the book it basically about her struggle against her mental challenges, depressing/manic episodes and misery.
"Crime and Punishment" Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is an all time classic about a murder and the most magnificent analysis of a murderer ever. This one is more powerful and dramatic, if that's what you're looking for.
And there the "New York Trilogy" by Paul Auster- one of the three stories features a madman who is obsessed with walking through NY streets, forming a pattern of some sort, and there's a guy who follows him and kinda gets sucked into the craziness too.
2007-05-13 16:50:02 · answer #2 · answered by Mihaela 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dostoyevsky wrote a lot of books like that. "Crime and Punishment" is about a murder and its effects on the criminal and those around him. "The Idiot" is about a man some think is insane when actually he's the most sane one of the bunch. "The Brothers Karamazov" has many deep themes, but the "Grand Inquisitor" chapter is great on its own. If 19th century Russian literature is too much, try Herman Hesse's "Steppenwolf." It uses two characters to show the life of a "good" man and one living a "bad" life. In the end, the "good" man realizes that the "bad" man had a more interesting, spiritually rewarding life.
2007-05-13 17:44:39 · answer #3 · answered by a3strangequarks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try The Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol:
http://www.amazon.com/Government-Inspector-Selected-Stories-Classics/dp/0140449078/ref=sr_1_1/002-1574727-1045600?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179088572&sr=8-1
2007-05-13 16:37:07 · answer #4 · answered by Lady Annabella-VInylist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Samuel Beckett-Waiting for Godot....
Hermann Hesse-Demain
-Steppenwolf
Kith Ablow-Psychopath
2007-05-21 07:58:47 · answer #5 · answered by milicica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote'
2007-05-21 00:12:59 · answer #6 · answered by angel m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey is both humorous and extremely powerful, and it is told from the viewpoint of a patient in an insane asylum.
If you want to read a murder mystery, check out the sample chapters of my two novels, "Murder in Exile" and "Reduced Circumstances" on my website, www.vincenthoneil.com
2007-05-19 19:58:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote is about real murderers.
"We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver is about a fictional mass murderer.
2007-05-13 23:10:55 · answer #8 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo. One of the most powerful books ever about a man talking to himself.
2007-05-18 18:30:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the Following:
"End Game"
"To Kill a Mockingbird."
"A Beautiful Mind." (Also a Movie)
"How the Grinch stole Christmas."
"East of Eden"
2007-05-21 14:34:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋