Mr. Mercedes, Masturbation and Madness
- Written by Lauren Rosewarne, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne

2017 has been a pretty excellent year for TV adaptations of books. Without pause, I’d enthusiastically recommend a Summertime binge on Strike, I Love Dick, Big Little Lies (which I wrote about here), The Handmaid’s Tale, and American Gods.
Alas, the ten-episode take on Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes, doesn’t make this list.
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