The First Girl in Hell
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
23.03.2027
Verlag
Farrar, Straus and GirouxSeitenzahl
208
Maße (L/B/H)
21/13,7/2,5 cm
Gewicht
454 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-374-62123-0
In Henry Hoke's fiercely original follow-up to his cult smash Open Throat, a blacklisted actress exiled to the Nevada desert plots revenge on those who wronged her and hatches a plan to rescue the woman she loves as old Hollywood is consumed by moral panic.
Good girls want to marry the boy next door. Bad girls want to be the first girl in hell.
Lucinda is in a pinch, one unbefitting a woman of her stature. She's made it to hell, but not the way she wanted. Instead of her previously gilded life as a Southern debutante and Broadway starlet, she's stuck at a divorce ranch outside Reno, Nevada, during the sweltering summer of 1940, drinking herself silly. Gone are the red carpets and platoon of lovers, dreams of splashy acting roles and salacious tabloid coverage. Also gone is Maisie, a seductive showgirl and both Lucy's best friend and romantic obsession. At least she has her flask.
Everything else has been taken away by a single man, whom Lucy calls the Little Prick: the compiler of the feared Doom Book, a ledger containing the names of public figures whose immoral behavior renders them blacklisted. Unsurprisingly, Lucy's name is first on the list. And to make matters worse, the Little Prick has also taken up with Maisie. Redemption be damned-even if it kills her, Lucy is getting her girl back.
Furious and bawdy, sensitive and quick-witted, and with the spellbinding mythmaking that made his novel Open Throat a cult sensation, Henry Hoke's The First Girl in Hell follows Lucy on her zigzagging mission for vengeance and salvation, one that blurs extravagant fantasy and bloody reality, mink coats and Winchester rifles, totaled cars and debilitating hangovers. When she does finally close in on Maisie and the Little Prick, Lucy must decide how far she'll go for revenge. And if it leads her to hell, well, that was already the plan.
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