But who did he hurt and how did events unfold? There is no doubt that he’s the murderer - he’s confessed to it, he acknowledges it. We meet Ansel Packer in a Texan prison on the day he is scheduled to be executed for murdering multiple women. This is the story of the women left behind.īlending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes On An Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our cultural obsession with crime stories, and asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the minds of violent men.ĭanya Kukafka’s Notes On An Execution offers a reprieve from the stereotypical ‘serial killer’ novel. And Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, is devoted to bringing bad men to justice but struggling to see her own life clearly. Hazel, twin sister to his wife, is forced to watch helplessly as the relationship threatens to devour them all. Lavender, Ansel’s mother, is a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation. Ansel doesn’t want to die he wants to be celebrated, understood.Īs the clock ticks down, three women uncover the history of a tragedy and the long shadow it casts. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits the same fate he forced on those girls, years ago. Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours.
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