Karin Slaughter Quote

That is called paralipsis, or, from the Greek, apophasis, Rusty informed her. A rhetorical device by which you add emphasis to a subject by professing to say little or nothing about it. He was tapping his foot with glee. Also, a rhetorical relative of irony, whom I believe you went to school with.

Karin Slaughter

That is called paralipsis, or, from the Greek, apophasis, Rusty informed her. A rhetorical device by which you add emphasis to a subject by professing to say little or nothing about it. He was tapping his foot with glee. Also, a rhetorical relative of irony, whom I believe you went to school with.

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About Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971) is an American crime writer. She has written 24 novels, which have sold more than 40 million copies and have been published in 120 countries. Her first novel, Blindsighted (2001), was published in 27 languages and made the Crime Writers' Association's Dagger Award shortlist for "Best Thriller Debut" of 2001.
Slaughter won the 2015 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award for her novel Cop Town.
Her 2018 novel, Pieces of Her, was adapted into an eight-episode television series of the same name, released in March 2022 on Netflix.