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CONRAD AIKEN'S new book is a terrifying psychological study of Jasper Ammen, an egocentric, ruthless character, who plans to commit murder simply to expand his great self-satisfaction. Ammen has heard somewhere the name "King Coffin." His desire is to fuse himself with that symbol, to become the awful, mystic figure of King Coffin himself...
...sufficiently soul-filling time before he strikes the blow. Up to a certain point "King Coffin's" plans go well; he has lured his prey here and there; he has him at his absolute mercy. Then a swift change of events alters the whole aspect of the situation. Ammen begins to regain his sanity...
...Jasper Ammen is a singularly unpleasant person to read about. Some will find it hard to sympathize with him, others will find delight in a sublimation of their "Superman" tendencies. To anyone Conrad Aiken's portrait is a fearfully real...
Rodriques, 18-30; Ammen, the Certainty of the Nicaraguan Canal...
...Corthell's "Errors and Fallacies in Rear-Admiral Ammen's Pamphlet...
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