Interpretation of Murder.

Wow! What can I say? I actually never put this book down and consumed it greedily in the space of two days. I am an English Lecturer in England and just in my 3rd year of teaching. I picked this book up on a whim as many mock that I do not read modern books and should get myself down to the book shop sharpish and pick a random book from the best sellers list (I am an avid Shakespeare and Shelley fan, and fear that I was beginning to form the opinion that English writers are the only ones who can truly do texts justice). I picked up yours and 'Restless' the no.2 and 3 books in the list at the time. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical as I am not a huge Freud fan, having written a dissertation on the interpretation of women in literature, linking to variuous psychoanalytic theories (of course including the good old Oedipus compex - ironic, don't you think, that a whole theory can be based on a work of fiction of myhthical propensities. But then, I guess that's what 'theory' is), anyway, I digress; I would like to say thank you for such a fantastic work of, shall we say, 'semi-fiction'? You remind me of the fantastic Ian McEwan (Of which my class are currently reading 'Enduring Love'). You use the same techniques; the crossing of genre, questioning the conscious and subconscious desires, the intertwining of fiction, non-fiction, etc. Yet, I have to say that this novel is even greater! I intend to get all my students (especially those who are also studying psychology) to read this text, as I feel it would be highly beneficial and help to make the learning process so much easier; it becomes almost a case-study in itself, don't you think? Please continue to write such texts as I think one day we may even see your name on the syllabus. Thank you once again for proving that modern novels can actually retain that educating yet entertaining factor that I thought had long eluded us ling ago in the 18th and 19th C! Brilliant! A true work of art.