Comeuppances, however, read as if the universe itself stepped in to make sure that justice is doled out properly.")One entry on the list:
Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor DostoevskyRead about the other entries on the list.
Crime and Punishment: demolishing people’s brains since 1866. This famously intense read follows the inner machinations of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished student who convinces himself that because he is smart, he’s above the law. His “punishment” is carefully wrought and full of brilliant insights into moral relativism, class tension, and individualism. We expect nothing less of Dostoevsky, whose books are basically riveting philosophical Rubik’s Cubes.
Crime and Punishment is among Lorraine Kelly's six best books and the top ten works of literature according to Norman Mailer, and one of Gerald Scarfe's six best books; it appears on Andrew Klavan's five best list of psychological crime novels. Elmore Leonard has never read beyond page fifty of the tome.
--Marshal Zeringue
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