![]() ![]() As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake.īlending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes on an Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation Hazel, twin sister to Ansel’s wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sister’s relationship threatens to devour them all and finally, Saffy, the homicide detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. Through a kaleidoscope of women-a mother, a sister, a homicide detective-we learn the story of Ansel’s life. He hoped it wouldn’t end like this, not for him. ![]() It is a smart idea and the way she has written it is just superb. A novel about a serial killer, told through the women left behind. But Ansel doesn’t want to die he wants to be celebrated, understood. When I read the press release for Danya Kukafka’s book Notes on an Execution I was bowled over. ![]() He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. ![]()
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