Deviant by Harold Schechter

272 pages first pub 1989 (editions) user-added

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

Pace

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slow 34%
fast 17%

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