Caliban's Hour, by Tad Williams

This is a short book that you might be able to devour in one sitting. It tells the story of a man wronged and hurt so much that pain invades his paradise turning his life onto the road for a bloody vendetta. It's very creative and well written in a darkly romantic tone. Caliban comes back to Naples (if I remember correctly) from the paradisiacal island, where he had lived his entire life, in search of the man who brough disaster into his existence. When he can't find his nemesis, Prospero, he reaches out for another fitting victim. He singles out Miranda, Prospero's daughter, to hear the tale of his fall from grace in a single hour after which he promises to kill her.