Notes on an execution by danya kukafka5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But the figure that emerges in these works - monstrous, charming, seductive and hyper-intelligent - has less to do with the reality of the people committing these crimes and more to do with the way we experience and explain our lurid fascination with violence and extremity. Serial killers proliferate through television series and books of all genres. According to Google, there are “at least five” movies about Ted Bundy and “at least 15” about Charles Manson. By strange coincidence, while I was reading “Notes on an Execution,” the second novel by Danya Kukafka, I was followed online by advertisements for the television series “Dexter.” They jumped from site to site, images featuring the eponymous character in a turtleneck sweater, striking various poses of menace and seduction: the ideal of the all-American serial killer.įor all its queasiness, the figure of the serial killer has long been a fixture in popular culture, at once enormously profitable and surprisingly tenacious. ![]()
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