The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

The darkest corners of eighteenth century Edinburgh play host to this tale of evil and depravity, which with its complexity and insight has astounded readers since its original publication in 1824. The story, which is split into two texts each giving a different account of the same hideous events, concerns one Robert Wringhim, a calvanist and religious fanatic, whose corruption by a strange and elusive companion that may or may not exist, leads to a series of gruesome murders. Not only a story of chilling horror but also an intricate psychological study, Hoggs Confessions is a Scottish classic that has to be read.