Pecking Order - Softcover
“Chris Simms has created a completely new landscape of fear.”—Denise Mina
Rubble lives in a trailer and works on a chicken farm. Totally oblivious to the outside world, he spends his days disposing of the sick and injured birds. One day, a mysterious visitor arrives and sees Rubble’s childlike naiveté combined with an ability to kill without compunction. Soon Rubble is employed on a sinister secret project.
In this chilling thriller, Chris Simms plunges once again into the darkest reaches of human psychology: what it is that drives one person to kill another.
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Review:
‘...a wonderful display of talent from a soon-to-be star of the crime fiction world.’ -- January Magazine
‘...builds unrelentingly towards an edge-of-the-seat finale...’
The Book Seller -- The Book Seller
‘A very fast and brutal read... Chris Simms is a rapidly developing talent in the world of crime-fiction.’ -- Deadly Pleasures Magazine
‘...an ingeniously plotted psychological thriller...reading Chris Simms is like watching a Danny Boyle film...’ -- Ottakar’s Bookshop
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‘...builds unrelentingly towards an edge-of-the-seat finale...’
The Book Seller -- The Book Seller
‘A very fast and brutal read... Chris Simms is a rapidly developing talent in the world of crime-fiction.’ -- Deadly Pleasures Magazine
‘...an ingeniously plotted psychological thriller...reading Chris Simms is like watching a Danny Boyle film...’ -- Ottakar’s Bookshop
A central theme of the novel is how an individual’s perception of reality can be shaped falsely by those around him. In the case of Rubble we have someone who, along with being inherently cruel, has absolutely no idea of the world beyond his battery farm.
When a character turns up that, crucially, appears to have the authority of the state behind him, Rubble is easily made to believe that the most deplorable actions are acceptable. (It’s a similar psychological process to those countless people throughout the world who willingly commit atrocities in the name of their government.)
This is what happens to Rubble – and a monster is unleashed on an unsuspecting part of northwest England.
Obviously much of the novel is set on a battery farm. As a teenager I got a summer job in one of these places, but walked out after three hours, sick to the stomach. Evidently the experience has haunted me all that time because, in Pecking Order, many of those memories finally get aired. So if you haven’t switched to free range eggs yet, maybe you’d like to before reading this book...
When a character turns up that, crucially, appears to have the authority of the state behind him, Rubble is easily made to believe that the most deplorable actions are acceptable. (It’s a similar psychological process to those countless people throughout the world who willingly commit atrocities in the name of their government.)
This is what happens to Rubble – and a monster is unleashed on an unsuspecting part of northwest England.
Obviously much of the novel is set on a battery farm. As a teenager I got a summer job in one of these places, but walked out after three hours, sick to the stomach. Evidently the experience has haunted me all that time because, in Pecking Order, many of those memories finally get aired. So if you haven’t switched to free range eggs yet, maybe you’d like to before reading this book...
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- PublisherBywater Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1932859500
- ISBN 13 9781932859508
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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