The Killer by Colin Wilson 1st ed.

New English Library

1970

Paperback

1st Edition

221 Pages

11 x 18cm

Condition: Fair 

The story of Arthur Lingard, an inmate at an experimental prison near Sedgefield, serving the last years of an eight-year sentence for a second-degree murder. The prison doctor, the novel's narrator, discovers that in addition to Lingard's known crimes he is also responsible for a number of unsolved sex murders.

The Killer, written at breakneck speed in the late 1960s, still makes for uncomfortable reading, with its exploration of obsessive, violent sexuality whilst challenging the boundaries of crime fiction.