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Because of this novella, my main goal was to produce a work that was at the same time absurdist and decidedly literary. I think I've succeeded in both aspects. The storyline takes place almost entirely inside a priest's confessional office. Chapters alternate between a psychiatrist giving her confessions to the priest and the confessions of the very patients described by the psychiatrist in her lessons. Every word that is written in the past tense is spoken aloud to the priest or by her, and every word that is written in today's tense is one of the priest's thoughts or an action she encounters. I think you can see why Murder in "Utopia" may be a confusing go through the first time through. A couple of no quotation marks to create off dialogue; the tense of the writing changes based on whether the words are spoken or experienced; and, to top it all off, no names are mentioned for any of the personas - each is referred to only by his or her profession or the pronouns her, she, etc. But dread not, dear listeners. Continue on despite any misunderstandings. Confusion is area of the experience. And by the finish, I think you might recognize that you've found more quality than you thought possible in such a jumbled, untidy "utopia".
