{"product_id":"notes-on-an-execution-9781474625975","title":"Notes on an Execution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''THRILLING'' \u003c\/b\u003ePaula Hawkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''COMPULSIVE'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''SEARING'' \u003c\/b\u003eBrit Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''DEVASTATING'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''UNFORGETTABLE''\u003c\/b\u003e Ashley Audrain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''BRILLIANT'' \u003c\/b\u003eChris Whitaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnsel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. But this is not his story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnsel doesn''t want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. Yet now he awaits the same fate he forced on those girls, years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the story of the women who survive. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the clock ticks down, three women - a mother, a sister, a detective - reckon with the choices that culminate in tragedy, the impact on those in its wake, and the possibility of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE MWA EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA killer is on death row but this is not his story. It's the narratives of three women affected by his actions: his mother, Lavender; his ex-wife's sister, Hazel; and the female detective, Saffy, who tracked him down.\u003cb\u003e Exploring the effects of violence by men and the worlds that are ruined, this is a breakout book for 2022\u003c\/b\u003e * Stylist, Books you can’t miss in 2022 *\u003cbr\u003eAt once blistering with righteous anger and radical empathy, \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003edestined to become a contemporary classic\u003c\/b\u003e. * Esquire *\u003cbr\u003eThis novel is defiantly populated with living women; it ruminates on trauma, the criminal justice system and guilt . . . In particular, \u003cb\u003ethe relationships between women - sisters, friends, colleagues - are beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003enuanced, ambitious and compelling\u003c\/b\u003e * Katie Kitamura, New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpellbinding and beautifully written.\u003c\/b\u003e Danya Kukafka's \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean irresistible, unbearably tense thriller\u003c\/b\u003e, a poignant, deeply compassionate tale of resilience, and a vital intervention in the way we talk about violent crime, its endless reverberations and foremost its survivors. * Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e examines a culture that romanticizes men who kill while also exploring the lives of the overlooked women altered by this violence. \u003cb\u003eCompassionate and thought-provoking.\u003c\/b\u003e * Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half *\u003cbr\u003eReading Danya Kukafka's \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and staggering experience of empathy that challenges us to confront what it means to be human in our darkest moments. The stories of these richly drawn characters are layered like nesting dolls, each one revealing more about how we love and how we survive. \u003cb\u003eKukafka's prose, alive and poetic, is unforgettable. I relished every page of this brilliant and gripping masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e * Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvocative, intelligent, thrilling, moving\u003c\/b\u003e * Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train *\u003cbr\u003eThis author, who was Good Housekeeping book of the year winner with \u003ci\u003eGirl In Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, returns with \u003cb\u003ea sledge-hammer of a thriller\u003c\/b\u003e. As a killer awaits his execution on death row, we hear from three women affected by his actions: his mother, Lavender, his ex-wife Hazel and the detective who caught him * Good Housekeeping, The books we're looking forward to in 2022 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruising, chilling, powerful and brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ethat rare book that transcends genre\u003c\/b\u003e, moving from a deft thriller to an examination of fractured lives and the ripples of violent crime. \u003cb\u003eStaggeringly accomplished\u003c\/b\u003e * Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes O\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003en An Execution\u003c\/i\u003e is seriously important crime fiction that trains the lens on a serial killer's victims rather than on the criminal himself and shows how the legacy of violence endures decades and leaves a tidal wave of collateral damage in its wake. \u003cb\u003eKukakfa's story is unflinching and unromantic, yet wrenching and devastating in equal measure.\u003c\/b\u003e Never falling into the easy trap of sensationalism, \u003ci\u003eNotes On An Execution\u003c\/i\u003e pushes women to the forefront of a narrative that has too often overlooked them and all they suffer * Ivy Pachoda, author of These Women *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution, \u003c\/i\u003eDanya Kukafka gives us something \u003cb\u003ewrenchingly original, a rare and unsettling reading experience that challenges us to peel back what we believe about the criminal justice system\u003c\/b\u003e, good and evil, and what human beings are capable of, both in darkness and in light. \u003cb\u003eA moving tour de force of empathy and insight. I loved this book.\u003c\/b\u003e * Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasterly thriller\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Kukafka skillfully uses the second-person present tense to heighten the drama, and toward the end she makes devastatingly clear the toll taken by Packer's killings * Publishers Weekly, starred review *\u003cbr\u003eThis novel opens on the day a serial killer, Ansel, is due to be executed. As the hours tick down, the narrative flashes back to tell the story of his life as seen through the eyes of three women whose lives he impacted, and complicates the popular mythos of the serial killer archetype * New York Times, Editor's Choice *\u003cbr\u003eUnflinching, mesmerising, heartwrenching and deeply intelligent and compassionate * Gilly McMillan *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI'm calling it now: \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution \u003c\/i\u003ewill feature heavily on awards lists in 2022\u003c\/b\u003e. It's a devastatingly moving and timely novel about one man's crimes against women, subverting the standard glamorised portrayal of the killer and focusing on the women instead * Hannah Beckerman *\u003cbr\u003eDanya Kukafka's \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eisn't like the other books about serial killers you've read\u003c\/b\u003e - this \u003cb\u003ebrilliant \u003c\/b\u003ethriller takes readers inside the life of Ansel Packer, who's scheduled to die in 12 hours, through the perspectives of three women: his mother, his sister, and a homicide detective * Marie Claire *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea career-defining novel -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003epowerful, important, intensely human\u003c\/b\u003e, and filled with a unique examination of tragedy, one where the reader is left with a curious emotion: hope * USA Today *\u003cbr\u003eThis distinctive take\u003cb\u003e turns the overdone serial killer trope on its head, making it more palatable, more intelligent and more emotional\u003c\/b\u003e. Kukafka portrays a sinister man through the perspectives of the women who knew and loved him, with \u003cb\u003esubtle but shattering truths peppered throughout\u003c\/b\u003e * Newsweek *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003echilling, surprisingly tender \u003c\/b\u003etale of how each tragedy ripples through many lives * Good Housekeeping US *\u003cbr\u003eAn intense thriller than reads like a mash-up of \u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Order \u003c\/i\u003eand a college psych class. The fictional story of Ansel Packer, a serial killer on death row, is given a brilliant twist - it focuses on the women he affected, ultimately asking why we're drawn to crime stories about violent men. \u003cb\u003eCleverly constructed and smart, this is the kind of book you finish with a big exhale\u003c\/b\u003e * Real Simple, The Best Books of 2022 So Far *\u003cbr\u003eThis literary suspense novel is a character study, an examination of what it means to be a woman, a critique of the American justice system, and much more * Book Riot *\u003cbr\u003eDanya Kukafka's \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003edeserves to stand along Ivy Pochoda's \u003ci\u003eThese Women\u003c\/i\u003e, Nicola Maye Goldberg's \u003ci\u003eNothing Can Hurt You\u003c\/i\u003e, and Carolyn Ferrell's \u003ci\u003eDear Miss Metropolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e as victim-focused narratives that call out the exploitation of women's suffering in crime stories * CrimeReads, January’s Best New Crime Fiction *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfectly constructed and exquisitely written\u003c\/b\u003e . . . This is a serial killer novel that's more Dostoyevsky than Lars Keplar - rich, anguished, brilliant * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eKukafka upends the power dynamic of male serial killer and female victim in a thrilling second novel . . . It is deeper, wiser, more painful than her debut: \u003cb\u003edevastating in its impact, and impossible to look away from. I can't remember the last time I finished a thriller in tears\u003c\/b\u003e, not even sure by that point who my heart was hurting for * Observer, Thriller of the Month *\u003cbr\u003ePuts the reader in the shoes of serial killer . . . to strip some mystique from the serial-killer mythology * Rolling Stone *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary and powerful read\u003c\/b\u003e . . . a book you'll read with your hand on your chest and your breath held * Prima *\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003eelegant, exquisitely written\u003c\/b\u003e novel isn't just another story about a serial killer and is all the better for it * Red, Best Books of 2022 *\u003cbr\u003eThis ambitious novel deconstructs the serial killer genre while exploiting the conventions that make it so compulsive * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA new kind of crime fiction. It explores the lives of the survivors - shifting the power to those living with the consequences of violence . . . \u003cb\u003ehaunting and intense\u003c\/b\u003e * The i *\u003cbr\u003eA masterful slow burn of a novel . . . \u003cb\u003ea poignant, beautifully written and necessarily uncomfortable read\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterclass in just about everything\u003c\/b\u003e . . . a gripping thriller . . . a compelling character study . . . but most of all a questioning and thoughtful look at a society that places more emphasis on the man who kills than the women who lose their lives . . . it achieves something I've never seen done before - it brings the women front and centre without making them victims and asks why we glorify men who kill. It's \u003cb\u003epretty spectacular\u003c\/b\u003e * Sam Baker *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739622519127,"sku":"9781474625975","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474625975.jpg?v=1720052758","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/notes-on-an-execution-9781474625975","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}