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Perversity
Hardcover
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781025898780
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Carco's mastery lies in his ability to evoke the gritty reality of the urban landscape while maintaining a taut, suspenseful focus on the inner workings of a troubled mind. As the characters' lives spiral toward a tragic conclusion, Perversity exposes the fragile line between victim and tormentor. This work remains a significant example of psychological realism, capturing the stark social tensions and atmospheric gloom of the era. Readers of classic European literature and psychological thrillers will find Perversity to be a haunting, evocative study of human nature at its most vulnerable and depraved.
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