Title: Despicable
Product review: Sickening acts of cruelty (mostly aimed at animals), shock for shock's sake, and plenty of drizzle don't amount to a story worth reading. Mr. Nicoll has a fine, workable writing style, but his protagonists-- one a sadist and psychopath-in-training, the other confused and morally ambivalent about the vicious doings of his so-called friend-- are worthless. The book's grim details are less realistic than simply disheartening. All in all, a coming-of-age story to avoid.
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