RARA-AVIS: Re: Moratorium on serial murderer mysteries?

From: jacquesdebierue (jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com)
Date: 19 Aug 2010

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    --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@...> wrote:
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    > yeah, not what I would think of as a "revenge" novel (or serial killer novel), unless you wanted to stretch it and try to say he was taking revenge against the system (yeah, it's a stretch). Also, with the protagonist being ultimately remorseful for the killings, but doing them purely (in his mind) as a matter of survival, it's hard to think of this as a serial killer book either.
    >

    What could be more "serial" than making a list of your victims and deleting them systematically?

    Best,

    mrt



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