Deviant: True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho by Harold Schechter

Deviant: True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho

Harold Schechter

320 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction biography true crime dark informative tense medium-paced

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From "America's principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers" (The Boston Book Review) comes the definitive account of Ed Gein, a mild-mannered Wisconsin farmhand who stunned an unsuspecting nation -- and redefined the meaning of the ...

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dark 100%
informative 79%
tense 45%
sad 33%
challenging 20%
mysterious 20%
emotional 12%
adventurous 4%
reflective 4%

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slow 34%
fast 17%

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