They give a whole new meaning to the phrase "Dead Ringers" Identical twins, with the exact same genetic information, are a fascinating study in human behavior. It is a known fact that when separated at birth, they will often end up with very similar lives, without ever having met one another. So it seems to follow that if one twins turns out to be a "bad seed," the other will also go to the dark side. the shocking stories in Evil Twins prove this to be the case time and time again. And even more astounding are stories of twins turning upon each other in furious rivalries that may date back to the womb. Her is just a sampling of the compelling true stories about evil twins: Sins of the mothers: Harvard-educated chemical engineer Jane Hopkins stabbed her two young children to death before killing herself-six years after her twin sister Jean had tried to poison her own two children... My brother's killer: Identical twins Jeff and Greg Henry were close as brothers could be, inventing their own language and often exchanging identities. But they grew up to become violent alcoholics, and on one fateful binge, Jeff turned on his own twin brother and shot him in the heart with a shotgun... Loathsome Lotharios: Handsome, charming twin brothers George and Stefan Spitzer went to Hollywood to become famous actors. But their movie-star good looks never landed them any parts-except in the lurid home movies they shot of themselves raping the unconscious women they doped up on "Roofies"... Evil twins: Double the deadliness...with eight pages of shocking photos!

ジョン・グラットは、実録犯罪文学の旗手として、人間の深淵を容赦なく暴き出します。本作は、遺伝子という運命の設計図を共有する双子たちが、いかにして負の連鎖に囚われていくかを描いた、極上のノンフィクションです。鏡合わせの存在が、一方が悪に染まれば他方も堕ちるという戦慄の相似性を浮き彫りにし、読者の倫理観を激しく揺さぶります。 文学的な見どころは、単なる残虐性の描写を超えた、双子特有の密室的な共依存の心理描写にあります。胎内からの絆が、憎悪や殺意へと変質する瞬間の温度差は、フィクションを凌駕するほどに生々しく、ドラマチックです。同一性と個の相克という根源的な問いを突きつける本作は、知的好奇心と恐怖を同時に刺激する、抗いがたい魅力を放っています。