Books by Derf Backderf
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review 1: In his Preface, Backderf writes that My Friend Dahmer began as a pamphlet consisting solely of his memories of being at school with Jeffrey Dahmer, a collection of short stories. I think I would have enjoyed that more. In order to beef the pamphlet up to a novel, he's inserted a ...
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review 1: "I had normal friendships in high school . . . and really never had any close friendships after high school." - Jeff DahmerI briefly met Derf Backderf a couple of years ago, when he was telling a small group I was a part of about this book. He said that Jeffrey Dahmer killed his...
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review 1: A fascinating story and wonderful pictures. It left me interesting in the upbringing of this man and particularly his high school experience. It was interesting how many times the author, as a childhood friend of Dahmer, asked where all the adults had been and why they had not ...
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review 1: GRAPHIC NOVELReading both this and American Born Chinese were my first exposures to graphic novels, a genre I now love! My Friend Dahmer is a five star selection for me because of the uniqueness of the story. Although dark, I loved the original perspective from which the story w...
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review 1: What a great story! I got on YouTube and made the playlist Derf designated on the inside cover to read with the book and I am so glad I did! I've never read a book where the author takes the time to make a playlist to read with it.I can't imagine how my experience would have been...