Alice Fantastic - Couverture souple

Estep, Maggie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 193335481X ISBN 13 : 9781933354811

Editeur : Akashic Books,U.S., 2009

Synopsis

"There is about Maggie Estep's work a directness, a clear determination--a drive to cut through, to break through, to claw through--that is impressive." --A.M. Homes, author of The Mistress's Daughter

"Maggie Estep is the bastard daughter of Raymond Chandler and Anaïs Nin. Her prose is hard-boiled and sexy; she turns a good phrase and shows some leg." --Jonathan Ames, author of Wake Up, Sir!

Alice Hunter is a thirty-six-year-old professional gambler living in Queens, NY. She is modestly successful as a horseplayer and enjoys her work. Though avidly pursued by her lover, Clayton, who she refers to as The Big Oaf, Alice's closest companion is Candy, a small, spotted dog, and Alice likes it that way. When Clayton's overzealousness leads Alice to ask one of her racetrack cronies to intimidate Clayton into leaving her, a few things go wrong and Alice turns to her half-sister Eloise, a toy maker, whose own lover has just been killed in a freak accident.

There is fierce love between Alice, Eloise, and Kimberly (their unconventional mother), but it takes Alice's accidental discovery of an awful secret Kimberly has been keeping to truly bring three eccentric women, seventeen dogs, and assorted lovers together.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

MAGGIE ESTEP (1963-2014) was the author of multiple books, including Alice Fantastic and Hex (a New York Times Notable Book of 2003). Her work also appeared in many magazines and anthologies such as Brooklyn Noir, Queens Noir, Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Best American Erotica, and The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. She performed her work in a wide variety of venues ranging from Lincoln Center to Lollapalooza and on the TV series Def Poetry Jam.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Akashic Books,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 193335481X
• ISBN 13: 9781933354811
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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