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. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.
The novel focuses on a man on death row named Ansel Packer. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka. Those sections alternate with passages from the points of view of his mother, who was also abused, and of a New York State police investigator devoted to getting justice for Packer’s victims. In Notes on an Execution, Kukafka seeks to interrogate that cultural preoccupation and clich. He grew up with an abusive father and began killing and mutilating animals when he was three.
Flashbacks, starting with Packer’s birth to a 17-year-old mother in 1973, trace his path from childhood to what seem to be his final hours. That surprising attitude is accounted for by the early revelation that he befriended one of the prison guards and is plotting a last-minute escape. However, Packer, who’s killed multiple women across the country, including in Texas and New York, isn’t worried. This masterly thriller from Kukafka (Girl in Snow) opens on death row in a Texas prison, where Ansel Packer is. This masterly thriller from Kukafka ( Girl in Snow) opens on death row in a Texas prison, where Ansel Packer is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in 12 hours. Morrow, 27.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-305273-4.
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