The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Brought up by a strict Calvinist pastor, Robert Wringham believes he is one of the elect, predestined for salvation while all others - including his real father and brother - are cursed. Convinced he is indestructible and above the law, Robert commits terrible cr imes under the influence of Gil-Martin - his physical double - who claims they are acting in God`s name to purify the world. But do es this mysterious tempter actually exist? Could he be an agent of the devil? Subversive and unsettling, The Private Memoirs and C onfessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) is a compelling psychological depiction of religious bigotry and the seductive effects of po wer on a tormented soul.

• author: James Hogg