![]() ![]() There have been a few whimpers of outrage (the US Parents Television Council called him a "blackened fillet of soul") but the public has taken Dexter to their hearts. He's also the star of the award-winning TV series, Dexter. ![]() The latest morally dubious character is Jeff Lindsay's Dexter Morgan, a dyed-in-the-wool psychopathic serial killer who likes nothing more than a long night in with a bound victim and some very sharp knives. More recently our moral ground has shifted so that we can root for thugs such as Tony Soprano and even monsters such as Hannibal Lecter who, by his third appearance, had become an almost likeable character. W e have become used to our heroes in crime fiction being seriously flawed individuals, prone to alcoholism, anger management problems, depression, marital catastrophe or simple ennui. ![]()
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