![]() ![]() ![]() Rowling said that “change, loss and absence” were the “biggest themes” of the book, but that it also explores the “changing face of feminism and ideals and stereotypes of femininity … through the cast of characters”. The former commander of Canada’s largest air force base, he pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, two sexual assaults and 82 counts of breaking and entering, which saw him take hundreds of items of underwear from women and young girls. Williams was sentenced to life in prison in 2010 for murdering two women. As a young man, he stole female underwear from his neighbours, according to The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, which also cites reports of “a large man, dressed in women’s clothing” in the garage from where he abducted his victim Karen Sprinker. Writing on Galbraith’s website, Rowling has now revealed that Creed “was loosely based on real-life killers Jerry Brudos and Russell Williams – both master manipulators who took trophies from their victims”.īrudos killed four women in Oregon during the 1960s. Creed lures his victims into his van by wearing a woman’s coat and wig, but the novel never describes him as a transvestite – although it does tell how, as a young man, he stole women’s underwear from his neighbours and masturbated into it. ![]()
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