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July 04, 2008
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| Dialogues by Stephen Spignesi | Reviewed by Harriet Klausner |  | Publisher: Bantaam
http://www.randomhouse.com
ISBN: 0553804014
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Psychological
Release date: Apr 2005
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Price: $23.00
| Since the police has arrested her for six murders, several people have conversed with Tory Troy, including her lawyer, in a guarded mental hospital. However, the most persistent psychiatrist, Dr. Baraku Bexley, has interviewed Tory several times to ascertain whether the genius can distinguish right from wrong well enough to stand trial in a Connecticut court.
Over a year ago, Tory lost her job at a pharmaceutical firm that felt the Internet was a better way to sell drugs. Before she left, Tory had stolen a paralytic drug that leaves victims conscious but paralyzed. Tory had obtained worked as a euthanasia technician at the Waterbridge Animal Shelter in Connecticut, where every Friday she killed animals in a gas chamber.
Tory detested her job, but needed the income as she had no other prospects. As she turned into a loner, her loathing for her work turned towards her peers until she decided to take action. Using the paralytic she had stolen, Tory began injecting fellow shelter employees and, while they remained awake, killed them in the gas chamber.
Through the dialogues with Tory at the mental hospital, readers get a picture of what happened that drove the woman into killing her peers. Additionally, the audience obtains several other dialogues besides the central figure as her distraught parents, the judge, the prosecution team, the jurors, and others discuss Tory. Interestingly fans also get a different side to the indicted murderer through a strong short story and novella she wrote that adds to the feel that we are looking at a real person wondering why. By the uncanny climax, Stephen Spignesi will have readers exchanging dialogues on this insightful uniquely rendered thriller. | | |
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