Nerdette Book Club: Danya Kukafka on ‘Notes on an Execution’

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Greta Johnsen

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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We talk to the author about her decision to upend the tropes of crime fiction in her new novel. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	You may not know this, but with WBEZ, you can check up on the news live anytime you want,
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0:13.3	The news is on WBEZ.
0:21.0	From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson and this is the Nerd at Book Club.
0:25.5	It's just like a regular book club, except sometimes the author stops by.
0:29.4	March selection is Danya Kukofka's notes on an execution.
0:34.6	It's about Ansel who we know from the beginning is a convicted serial killer.
0:38.2	He's set to be executed in 12 hours.
0:40.8	The book is also about the women whose lives drastically changed because of Ansel.
0:45.8	There's lavender, his mom, Safi, a detective who's obsessed with this case,
0:49.9	and Hazel, his wife's twin sister.
0:52.3	That's all I'm going to say for now since this is a spoiler-free conversation.
0:57.8	Danya, welcome to Nerd at.
0:59.6	Thank you so much for having me. I'm so happy to be here.
1:02.0	Oh my gosh. I just loved this book so much.
1:04.3	I thought it was fascinating and challenging and like all the right ways.
1:08.1	Oh, thank you.
1:10.1	As I was talking to our mini book club, which is our producer and executive producer before talking
1:18.0	to you this morning, we were trying to decide we were arguing kind of about if this book is actually
1:23.7	a thriller. Like, would you describe it as a thriller?
1:26.5	That is such a great question.
1:28.7	I think no, I would not describe it as a thriller.
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