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Deviant: True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho
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Harold Schechter is a historian: he takes old files and yellowed newspaper clippings, and brings their stories to life. Deviant is about everyone's favorite ghoul, Ed Gein--whose crimes inspired the writers of Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs. Schechter deftly evokes the small-town 1950s Wisconsin setting--not pretty farms and cheese factories, but infertile soil and a bleak, hardscrabble existence. The details of Gein's "death house" are perhaps well known by now, but the murderer's quietly crazy, almost gentle personality comes forth in this book as never before. As Gary Kadet wrote, in The Boston Book Review, "Schechter is a dogged researcher [who backs up] every bizarre detail and curious twist in this and his other books ... More importantly, he nimbly avoids miring his writing and our reading with minutiae or researched overstatement, which means that although he can occasionally be dry, he is never boring."
Also recommended: Schechter's books about Albert Fish (Deranged) and Herman Mudgett a.k.a. Dr. H. H. Holmes (Depraved). -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
Also recommended: Schechter's books about Albert Fish (Deranged) and Herman Mudgett a.k.a. Dr. H. H. Holmes (Depraved). -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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"Top-drawer true crime."
-- Booklist
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I was quite disappointed by Schechter's book - it starts like a novel and the 2nd half is just about what the police did with Gein - transferring him from prison to wherever and back.
No details, hardly facts about the case, and no psychological in-depth information (although "Eddie", as the author calls him, has undergone many tests).
To sum it up, it's quite interesting to read but lacks real information. I wouldn't buy it again.
No details, hardly facts about the case, and no psychological in-depth information (although "Eddie", as the author calls him, has undergone many tests).
To sum it up, it's quite interesting to read but lacks real information. I wouldn't buy it again.
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What hath Ed Gein wrought? If he had gotten a cut of the profits of all the books and movies containing variants of his unique persona, he'd have died a millionaire. Schechter's book cuts through one myth about Gein in presenting the facts of his tragic life--- namely, he was not a serial killer. He may have killed his own brother, and certainly killed two middle-aged women, but only when he ran out of fresh graves of middle-aged female corpses to rob! Technically, he is a necrophile who was driven to murder, not a serial killer. A typically well-researched book by this praiseworthy author.
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I've heard of Ed Gein off and on for many years. I've heard his crimes were of an unspeakable, stomach-churning, monstrous nature. Yet again, I wanted to satisfy my somewhat morbid curiosity and see just how morbid his crimes were. I was repelled. Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre...all of these films came to, thanks to Eddie and his crimes. A cannibal, necro-sadist grave robber. Not even in fiction have I seen a person crazier than Gein. Harold Schechter does a job that is, in a word, brilliant. As awkward as it may seem, I sympathize with Gein. If his early life hadn't been as it had, he most probably wouldn't have gone so over the edge as he had done in his later life.
It is true to say his crimes are inexcusable, but Schechter looks at it in such an angle that I actually (believe it or not) saw a reason for Gein acting in the way he did...as depraved, as sickly demented as it was. It is highly informative, and written very well. There is not a single boring moment in it. It is impeccably researched. And, believe it or not, it's a true story. This actually happened.
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Schechter schreibt über Edc Gein, ohne allzu sehr auf seine Taten einzugehen. Er beschreibt weder die Morde, noch wie Gein die Leichen zugerichtet hat. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Juli 2006 von Tom
Loved this book
I have read many true crime books, and this is one of the best. I also read the book on Gein by Judge Gollmar, and I'm currently reading Ed Gein: Psycho. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Januar 2000 von Linda Shull
A Facinating Read!
This was a really well-written account of the Gein murders. I got into it very quickly and didn't want to put it down, even though it was getting near bedtime...gave me nightmares! Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. September 1999 veröffentlicht
A brilliant biography.
This book made me want to read. i could not put this book down. I loved this book and i recommend it to every one. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Juli 1999 von "dannydogg"
Who knew??
I can't beleive what a great book this was. I thought it was gonna be another dry biography boy was I wrong and to my delight. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
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