Zéro Janvier reviewed Compulsion by Meyer Levin
Review of 'Compulsion' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Un livre qui m'a profondément marqué et que je me promets de relire depuis longtemps. Il faudra que je m'y remette vraiment un jour.
456 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 2015
Judd Steiner and Artie Straus have it all: wealth, intelligence, and the world at their feet as part of the elite, upper-crust Jewish community of 1920s Chicago. Artie is handsome, athletic, and popular, but he possesses a hidden, powerful sadistic streak and a desire to dominate. Judd is a weedy introvert, a genius who longs for a companion whom he can idolize and worship. Obsessed with Nietzsche's idea of the superhuman, both boys decide to prove that they are above the laws of man by arbitrarily picking and murdering a Jewish boy in their neighborhood.
Un livre qui m'a profondément marqué et que je me promets de relire depuis longtemps. Il faudra que je m'y remette vraiment un jour.