KARL VADASZFFY
After studying literature, linguistics and Spanish at university, Karl Vadaszffy trained as an English teacher and an actor. He has edited magazines, taught English as a foreign language and is currently the Head of English at a school in Hertfordshire. As a freelance journalist, his articles regularly appear in seven magazines that cover the automotive, aerospace, technology and travel industries. To find out more about Karl visit his website: www.karlvad.co.uk. You can also follow Karl on Twitter, Facebook and his blog.
“Full of Sin is one of the best thrillers I’ve read this year. Dark, frightening, twisted, but also a story overflowing with compassion and hope. Vadaszffy’s debut is well told and a remarkable achievement reminiscent of early James Ellroy.” ~ Robert Ellis, author of US bestsellers City of Fire and The Lost Witness
“Full of Sin is the narrative of the later life of an abused and neglected child. It is original and perceptive, and while the story is tragic, it illustrates that human resilience can bring about the possibility of redemption." ~ Thomas Perry, author of Strip and Fidelity
"Karl Vadaszffy is just the sort of young writer we should encourage - young, ambitious and creative." ~ Michael Dobbs, bestselling author of House of Cards and First Lady
“Accomplished, challenging writing, which is visceral, dark and raw.” ~ Karen Campbell, author of The Twilight Time and After the Fire
“Sometimes pitch-black, occasionally gut-wrenching, but always exquisitely written, Full of Sin is a whirlwind of emotion, violence and pain – underlaid with a hope for redemption and a cry for forgiveness. Karl Vadaszffy has delivered an extraordinary book with a denouement that comes at you like a sucker-punch to the solar plexus.” ~ Matt Hilton, author of Dead Men’s Dust and Judgement and Wrath (Joe Hunter thrillers)
“Darkly disturbing... a compelling picture of violence, betrayal and perhaps ultimate redemption in a world where twisted minds collide.” ~ James Becker, author of The First Apostle and The Moses Stone
"A great study in warped psychology and its roots." ~ Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of Little Face and The Other Half Lives
"Full Of Sin is a worrying look at a way of life that can be seen in every dark corner of every city in the UK. Putting the soul on the page, describing in vivid and beautifully-realised detail the pain behind every thought and act of our flawed hero, Karl Vadaszffy has created something beautiful, disturbing and genuinely thought-provoking. It’s a bold novel and takes a bold reader to cling on until the end… but that reader will be rewarded with one of the most heartbreakingly honest books of the last ten years." ~ Waterstones, Uxbridge
Full of Sin
Born a mistake, Sean is taken from his drug-addicted prostitute mother at the tender age of eight, but after years of neglect and abuse all the tenderness has long been beaten out of him, leaving behind only a deformed soul. Foster families can’t handle him, but he meets his match when he is taken in by the Andersons. Life seems normal, but when a passionate tryst with his foster sister ends in violence the comfortable life Sean has come to see as his own is over and he must learn to fend for himself.
Alone, desperate and fighting for survival, Sean’s darkest urges become uncontrollable and his sins go too far. A broken individual, haunted by the darkest of dreams, he fi nds solace in the drug world. But it is in the arms of love that Sean unexpectedly starts to feel human, all the time unaware that his past is preparing to make a surprise reappearance.