Deviant by Harold Schechter

8 hours, 7 minutes first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction biography true crime dark informative tense medium-paced

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The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs... From "America's principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers" (The Boston Book Review) comes the definit...

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Moods

dark 100%
informative 80%
tense 52%
sad 33%
challenging 19%
mysterious 19%
emotional 14%
adventurous 4%
reflective 4%

Pace

medium 55%
slow 30%
fast 15%

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