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The Sentence Is Death
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How does the extended misdirection in Chapters 20 and 21 implicate the reader in an act of misinterpretation? What does this say about the relationship constructed between the author-narrator and reader?
How does the novel’s resolution function as a critique of how violence and death are used in the crime-mystery and true crime genres?
Discuss the function of humor in The Sentence Is Death, including in-jokes, wordplay, irony and dark humor. What effects do these elements have?
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