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

Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho

Harold Schechter

242 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction biography true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
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Murder Was the Least of His Crimes…The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs… From Harold Schechter, “America's principle chronicler of its greatest psychopathic ...

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dark 97%
informative 85%
tense 35%
sad 26%
challenging 17%
mysterious 17%
emotional 8%
adventurous 2%
reflective 2%

Pace

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slow 28%
fast 15%

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