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Savage Headhunters
2023
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4.38
Average Rating
72
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Based on a more-or-less true story of World War II Brian, an American soldier fighting on the island of Guadalcanal, collects the skulls of dead Japanese soldiers as trophies. He and his African American pal Jefferson boil the skulls to remove the skin, polish them, and pose with their buddies in group photographs holding the skulls. Brian’s trophy hunting is documented by Abigail, a hot female war correspondent for Life magazine. The American public loves the pictures and articles of Brian and his savage headhunters. Even President Roosevelt gets in on the action and is very proud of the letter opener Brian sends him made from a Japanese arm bone. But one day Abigail, jealous of the attention Brian and the other men are getting, has a picture taken of herself with a skull. When this picture is published in Life magazine, the American public is outraged. Roosevelt turns against trophy hunting and orders a single savage headhunter executed, to send a message to the other soldiers not to collect trophies. Who will live and who will die in this gory, grotesque satire from the subversive author of Action Triple Threat, Ebu Gogo, and Five Maidens on the Pentagram?

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J. Manfred Weichsel
J. Manfred Weichsel
Author · 4 books

J. Manfred Weichsel writes extravaganzas that fuse adventure, horror, science fiction, and fantasy into some of the most original subversive literature being published today. Weichsel’s shorter works appear regularly in Cirsova Magazine and anthologies from Cirsova Publishing. His longer self-published works have gained him a broad and dedicated base of rabid fans comprising folks from every segment of society – readers of all stripes who share a dark sense of humor and a desire to see modern culture burlesqued, and age-old human stupidity mocked. A fiercely independent author, J. Manfred Weichsel aims to give birth to the classics of the future by writing works ungoverned by the constraints of traditional publishing houses and the inhibitions of contemporary society. Loved by some and hated by others, Weichsel’s funny, unconventional, often grotesque books inhabit a unique space in American literature and will be read, talked about, and debated for generations to come.

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