Mask of Sanity (novel)

The Mask of Sanity
Author Jacob M. Appel
Country United States
Language English
Publisher The Permanent Press
Publication date
 March 2017
ISBN 978-1-57962-495-8

The Mask of Sanity is an American novel by Jacob M. Appel. It was published by The Permanent Press in 2017.[1] The novel was a finalist for the Faulkner-Wisdom Prize[2] and the runner up for Killer Nashville's Claymore Award.[3]

Plot

Dr. Jeremy Balint is an up-and-coming cardiologist who discovers that his wife, Amanda, is having an affair with his fellow physician, Warren Sugarman.[4] He is also a high-functioning sociopath. Balint sets out to murder Sugarman and to disguise the murder as a serial killing.[5]

Reception

Bruce DeSilva in The Washington Post described the novel as "both a suspenseful yarn and a chilling portrait of the mind of a high-functioning sociopath."[6] Publisher's Weekly praised the novel's "matter-of-fact, nonjudgmental prose" and described the volume as "deeply unsettling."[7] Kirkus called it "Intelligent and chilling."[8] Reviewing the novel in Amsterdam Quarterly, Bryan Monte wrote, "The Mask of Sanity is full of surprises and will keep the reader wondering if Balint will be caught all the way to the very end of the story."[9]

References

  1. ↑ Fort Wayne News Sentinel, May 4, 2017
  2. ↑ New Orleans Times-Picayune, Oct 15, 2016
  3. ↑ The Tennessean, Jun 11, 2016
  4. ↑ Publisher's Weekly, March 2017
  5. ↑ Publisher's Weekly, March 2017
  6. ↑ Washington Post Review
  7. ↑ Publisher's Weekly, March 2017
  8. ↑ Kirkus Review
  9. ↑ Review in Amsterdam Quarterly
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