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Synopsis
"Jimmy Blackburn grows up in the Midwest believing the things that adults tell him. He questions his teachers and they lie to him. He questions his parents and his father beats him. He questions the world and it hurts him. And so Jimmy Blackburn becomes a killer. In this novel we meet many of Blackburn's twenty-one victims. They include law enforcers, writers, adulterers, auto mechanics, and other liars. This is an exceptional novel, at once riotously funny and searingly potent: a vision of America through the eyes of the central bogeyman of our culture."--Publisher.
Blackburn: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This darkly satirical novel follows a serial killer protagonist who murders twenty-one people he perceives as liars, featuring strong violence, dark humor, and adult themes exploring American culture and morality.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, mild sexual content, and strong language. Content notes include child abuse, domestic violence, graphic violence, emotional abuse, and murder (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adults interested in darkly comic literary fiction with morally complex antiheroes will find this challenging.