A review by xxstefaniereadsxx
Deviant by Harold Schechter

dark informative slow-paced

4.0

 This book is featured on The Last Podcast On The Left Reading List (Episodes 172-174, Ed Gein). This book is about Ed Gein, who was a serial killer active in the late 1950s. Gein inspired several of our favorite slasher characters, from Norman Bates to Leatherface. While his victim count was relatively small for a serial killer of this renown, his bizarre life has embedded itself into popular memory. Harold Schechter is a great crime writer, and I am looking forward to reading his other books. They have been highly suggested to me.