Crime
Serial Killer
2017·310 pages
A dark, funny tale of 1970s life, eccentric characters, and revenge for a lost childhood.
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A dark, funny tale of 1970s life, eccentric characters, and revenge for a lost childhood.
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London, 1975. The Sex Pistols do their first gig at the Marquee. Death Race 2000 and Rollerball are on at the cinema. The first Macdonald's has just opened. And women are banned from wearing trousers in the office. Meet Dave Maudling, editor of The Spanker, Britain's most popular weekly comic. He's a liquorice-pipe-chewing man-child, and the world's laziest serial killer. Actually, he hasn't killed anyone...yet. He's intent on killing off his readers by inserting lethal information into his comi...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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References to sexual obsessions and bizarre passions; not graphically depicted.
Violence & gore
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Casual violence depicted as part of societal norms; not extremely graphic.
Profanity
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Mild profanity likely present given the tone; not frequently highlighted.
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Brief mentions of societal anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment as part of historical context.
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Critiques of 1970s societal norms including sexism and racism.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Themes of childhood loss and societal cruelty; not graphically detailed.
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