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Lädt ... The Man from Milwaukee (2020)von Rick R. Reed
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"It's the summer of 1991 and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been arrested. His monstrous crimes inspire dread around the globe. But not so much for Emory Hughes, a closeted young man in Chicago who sees in the cannibal killer a kindred spirit, someone who fights against the dark side of his own nature, as Emory does. He reaches out to Dahmer in prison via letters. The letters become an escape--from Emory's mother dying from AIDS, from his uncaring sister, from his dead-end job in downtown Chicago, but most of all, from his own self-hatred. Dahmer isn't Emory's only lifeline as he begins a tentative relationship with Tyler Kay. He falls for him and, just like Dahmer, wonders how he can get Tyler to stay. Emory's desire for love leads him to confront his own grip on reality. For Tyler, the threat of the mild-mannered Emory seems inconsequential, but not taking the threat seriously is at his own peril. Can Emory discover the roots of his own madness before it's too late and he finds himself following in the footsteps of the man from Milwaukee?"--Back cover. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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First, because the horror part dances around explicitness and indirectness, with a strong psychological factor in place. As per the LGBTQIA+ part, it is the first time I read a story in which homosexuality is handled 300% normally – as it should always be.
Although the story begins with the news of a serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, being arrested, the whole plot goes around Emory Hughes, a young closeted man, and the way he feels instantly connected to Dahmer, beginning to correspond with him through letters.
Emory is a lonely guy, who struggles with his sexuality and with his personal problems – his mother is dying from AIDS, and his sister seems not to care about anything at all. He then sees in Dahmer a kind of a mentor, a friend, someone with whom he could be himself with no boundaries. One day he meets Tyler Kay, a new co-worker, and falls in love with him, even though he doesn’t want to admit it. From that moment on, Emory’s personal struggles start to come to the surface, and it is a matter of time until everything is exposed.
I particularly like this book, it is the kind of narrative that I really enjoy reading: raw, explicit, deep characters with psychological issues to be resolved, but this book has something else. I felt every smell, every shiver, I saw the colors, the dirt, I sensed the heat, the heavy and moist air.
The book is surprising because you truly believe the plot is heading somewhere, but it takes turns and leaves you speechless on the way.
Highly recommended, it is a book that is worth it! (