James Ray: Psychodalek
Psychodalek is the companion novella to the Gangwar album of the same name.
Each chapter of the book parallels a single track on the album complete with
the inclusion of the lyrics in each preface. The book itself travels alongside
a schizophrenic murderer with dwells in near future London. Much of the visual
imagery is derived from the complex emotional circumstances behind each violent
twist of the protagonists psyche. The plot, while extremely violent and
disturbing, poses an monumental question. Are we truly products of our
environment, and if so, then are we ultimately to blame for our actions which
society implicitly has given to us? The book humbly suggest that this is the
case and that even the most perverse criminal offenders only commit those
crimes that society has breed them to perform. In essence that the downfall of
civilization can be directly linked to our own self-imposed destructive
tendencies. ] What we choose to take away from this message is perhaps the
reason why the author has chosen to write this crude parable. If only a single
person, such as the book's lead, can annihilate a menagerie of victims, that
maybe a single person can work to rebuild our perverse society from it's
suicidal cinders.
Contact:
James Ray
15 Knook Village
Wiltershire
England
BA12 OYE
E-mail: jrg@generate74.com
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