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The Screaming Tree

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The Screaming Tree is definitely no light reading material but it is certainly an interesting read and one you won't regret purchasing.

Written in a narration style William Dickson starts of the story recounting to the reader his memories of some seriously morbid and heavy events throughout his childhood up to his present day life boarding with two roommates as he attends college. Along the way William ended the lives of his best friend, a deranged woman, private school bully and a drunken thug who placed him in a coma for a number of months and left his head hideously scarred. At least that's what William believes is his history. When his mother tells him a different version of his first killing where he was found screaming in a tree (hence the title) he believes she is losing her mind. Is she though? Or is it him? His memory was never the same after the coma. As part of his acceptance to the tertiary institution he is attending he must see a shrink named Carter. Carter doesn't believe either William or his mother are insane and is determined for William to remember the truth. However William is now the suspect in another killing, one he knows for sure he didn't do and this is going to make things a little more interesting.....

It's heavy reading at times but stick with it, it's a good tale.