On this episode, I talk to Danya Kukafka about her stunning new novel Notes on an Execution.
00:00-00:46 Intro
00:47-02:44 When did Danya know she wanted to be an author?
02:45 -04:58 What is Danya's writing process?
04:59-05:41 How does Danya develop her characters?
05:42-07:10 How has being a literary agent affected Danya's writing?
07:11-07:58 Summary of Notes on an Execution
07:59-08:58 What prompted Danya to write Notes on an Execution?
08:59-35:30 SPOILER SECTION
AUTHOR NOTES
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Notes on an Execution Synopsis
Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn’t want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood.
Through a kaleidoscope of women-a mother, a sister, a homicide detective-we learn the story of Ansel’s life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Ansel’s wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sister’s relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake.
Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes on an Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men.
15 авг 2024
