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Unthinkability

True crime books are a kind of porn. They all involve getting a squiz at what goes on behind closed doors. The ethics of this are obviously problematic: a reader doesn’t need to be gifted to know there’s something a tad … Continue reading

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untermenschen baby

The horrors within Joe Cinque’s Consolation and Killing for Pleasure are not the crimes of individuals with jobs, or decent schooling, or much to hope for, or even much to do. The perpetrators, accomplices, victims and witnesses of the crimes … Continue reading

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