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Ritual In The Dark
''Ritual in the Dark'' is the 1960 debut novel of the English writer Colin Wilson Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English existentialist philosopher-novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal, eventually writing more than a hundred books. Wilson called his p .... It follows the would-be writer Gerard Sorme as he befriends a wealthy homosexual aesthete, Austin Nunne, who commits sadistic murders with a rationale about striving for freedom. The story took inspiration from the Jack the Ripper case. ''Time (magazine), Time'' wrote that Wilson should shelve his attempt to become a novelist. ''Kirkus Reviews'' wrote about the novel's components, which include murder and Existentialism, existentialist philosophy: "Beyond its echoes of Oscar Wilde, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Huysmans, Graham Greene, is the voice of current protest, and, with its subject and its author, this makes a powerful combination—sex and sexuality, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Wilson
Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English existentialist philosopher-novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal, eventually writing more than a hundred books. Wilson called his philosophy "new existentialism" or "phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenological existentialism", and maintained his life work was "that of a philosopher, and (his) purpose to create a new and optimistic existentialism". Early life Wilson was born on 26 June 1931 in Leicester, the first child of Arthur and Annetta Wilson. His father worked in a shoe factory.Colin Wilson, ''Dreaming to Some Purpose'' (Arrow, 2005) At the age of eleven he attended Gateway_College, Gateway Secondary Technical School, where his interest in science began to blossom. By the age of 14 he had compiled a multi-volume work of essays covering many aspects of science entitled ''A Manual of General Science''. But by the time he left school at sixteen, his interests we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |