Stephanie S. reviewed The Murder of My Aunt (British Library Crime Classics) on + 168 more book reviews
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The narrator of this book is Edward, a sour and most miserable being who lives with his aunt in the Welsh countryside. He hates everything about it--the landscape, the house they share, her control, the servants, even his paltry allowance which allows him to exist idly without serious thought of making his own way or being useful at all. The devil's workshop indeed! Written in the first person (which I love!), his every utterance drips with self-absorption and annoyance.
Edward decides to murder his aunt in order to claim his rightful inheritance (and be rid of the unrelenting shadow he purports she casts over his life), and so plots in his diary different ways to make her death appear accidental while also providing himself an unquestionable alibi.
I found this book hilarious, even though I suspected the outcome quite early. Edward's venom and ego drive the story, and I enjoyed his loathsomeness every page of the way.
Edward decides to murder his aunt in order to claim his rightful inheritance (and be rid of the unrelenting shadow he purports she casts over his life), and so plots in his diary different ways to make her death appear accidental while also providing himself an unquestionable alibi.
I found this book hilarious, even though I suspected the outcome quite early. Edward's venom and ego drive the story, and I enjoyed his loathsomeness every page of the way.
