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Psychopath?
Ever wondered why your spine tingles when Hannibal Lecter escapes from custody? Or why a narcissistic, womanizing assassin for Her Majesty's Secret Service is revered worldwide as a fictional hero? Or why you feel a thrill when Frank Underwood manipulates a naïve senator? Or why you root for Tom Ripley to avoid the clutches of the Italian police? Psychopath? takes you on a journey through the world of fictional villains and antiheroes – the lying, the cheating and the murder. Are they psychopaths in the true sense? Guided by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, this book examines whether a fictional forensic psychologist might come to that very conclusion. More importantly, why do you long for the antihero to succeed? With each nefarious deed, sympathy and loyalty are garnered, pulling you in deeper with every turn of the page until finally, irresistibly you find yourself plotting with the psychopath.
Fiction and Physicians
John Keats, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, François Rabelais, William Somerset Maugham . . . All were writers of fiction but, more surprisingly, all were also medical doctors. Anton Chekhov, A.J. Cronin, Oliver St John Gogarty, Michael Crichton . . . even Nostradamus The world has seen literally dozens of them - famous writers who wielded a stethoscope as skilfully as they did a pen. So, what do literature and medicine have in common? Is there something about the singular experience of being a doctor that results in a compelling desire for communication, or indeed catharsis? In addition, we have seen many non-medical writers who have made fictional physicians their principal protagonists, heroes a...
The Witchdoctor of Chisale
"Robin turned slightly with barely controlled rage, not deliberately elbowing Melingu in the ribs, but making no effort to stop himself. The computer technician. toppled backwards, further and further away. And then blackness, darkness, nothing." Zambia in the summer of 1999: Robin Carver is a volunteer medical student at the Chisale District Hospital. Within days of his arrival, he meets Yotham Banda, laboratory technician and local witchdoctor. But is the beguiling stranger all he pretends to be? On a hill-walking excursion, Robin's nightmares are realised when Melingu Mwamba falls to his death. Convinced he is Melingu's murderer, Robin becomes embroiled in a chain of events involving kidnapping, espionage and the W.E.B. - an illegal militant organisation opposed to land-redistribution in Zimbabwe. But, in his desperate need to escape, has Robin overlooked one crucial factor? .that everywhere he looks he sees the witchdoctor of Chisale.
Green Bananas
Bill Atkinson was the front rider on a toboggan racing down a snow-covered hill in New York state. Four young men were enjoying an exhilarating ride in the crisp air when, suddenly, they careened into a tree¿the devastating collision broke Bill¿s neck. Coming out of a coma, Bill found himself in a hospital bed, unable to feel his body. Trapped, helpless and totally dependent on friends and family, he was to begin a 40-year saga that would include his becoming the first quadriplegic ordained as a priest in the 2000-year history of the Catholic Church. He would go on to teach for many years at Monsignor Bonner High School in Upper Darby, PA¿in the suburbs of Philadelphia¿and provide counse...
God of Laughter
It is Paris, France, 1673. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (aka "Moliere") and his "Illustrious Theatre" have been touring the provinces for thirteen years, playing their farces before rustic, rural audiences. But now, having lost their patron, they have been granted an audience before the young King Louis XIV at the recommendation of the King's brother, "Monsieur." Moliere and his partner in theatre, Madeleine Bejart, disagree on what sort of play to present. Moliere believes tragedy to be the higher art that "sears men's souls" but Madeleine prefers comedy because of their success with it in the provinces. They present a tragic play to His Majesty's audience, and it fails--the unruly audience boos ...
Hunger of the Magi
Hundreds of years ago, humans killed the very beings they once held dear. Massive celestial corpses fell to the earth poisoning the paradise to the point of being uninhabitable. Humanity took to the sky, for the very world itself sought their destruction, those who accepted the ancient's gifts were now cursed to become mindless beasts, hell bent on the destruction of humans. Magi, the cursed few, now hide among the clouds, persecuted for what they may become. The humans cower in their massive sanctuaries, huddling behind a false prophet. War is waged, but what shall happen if one of those dead gods... turns out to be alive. "I know, but that is why I have to join you all, to risk my life as well, to save others who are marked like all of us, I have to help people like us... people like me" her voice grew louder on the edge of cracking as she displayed her emotions for all to hear.
Informers in 20th Century Ireland
Informers have been active during many periods of unrest in Ireland but, until Tudor times, they had never been an organized phenomenon until the twentieth century. The decision (or refusal) to inform is dangerous--thus the motives of the informers are compelling, as is their ability to deceive themselves. Drawing on firsthand and newspaper accounts of the Easter Rising and other events, this book provides a history of the gradual development of informing in Ireland. Each informer's story details their life and secrets and the outcome of their actions. All of them have shared two experiences: the accusation of informing, whether true or false, and betrayal, whether committed or endured.
