Title: Silly waste of time
Product review: Sick though he may have been, Ed Gein nonetheless remains a morbidly fascinating individual. In this putrid little tome, however, Woods fails to add anything either interesting or significant to the admittedly skimpy body of work on Gein. This sophomoric little potboiler is a disjointed mess, combining half-witted commentary with outright fabrications, including ludicrous "dialogue" between Gein and others. Woods seems particularly interested in the line of junk Gein-related "memorabilia," most of which appears to be as shoddy and third-rate as Woods' writing. This book is a dreadful waste of the reader's time. For a scholarly and informative treatment of Gein, read "Deviant" by Harold Schecter, which is well-researched, highly readable, and vastly superior to this sad, sick piece of garbage.
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