Tramway, GlasgowThe Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is, as many may know, a reality- and identity-bending, satirical novel written in 1824 by James Hogg, the Scottish shepherd/ poet. It has two parallel narratives: an "editor" presents an older manuscript (discovered in a grave); the manuscript is the chilling "confession" of the antihero after his encounters with a shape-shifting double. Paul B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM on June 22, 2013