The G-string murders / Gypsy Rose Lee ; with a afterword by Rachel Shteir, and selected correspondence between Gypsy Rose Lee and her editor, Lee Wright.
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TextPublisher: Glasgow : Contraband, 2017Copyright date: ©1941Description: vi, 247 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781910192504; 1910192503Subject(s): Women detectives -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction | Burlesque (Theater) -- Fiction | Stripteasers -- Fiction | Feminist fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. DDC classification: 813/.52 Summary: CRIME & MYSTERY. Narrating the twisted tale of a backstage double murder, Gypsy Rose Lee, the queen of the striptease, provides a tantalising glimpse into the underworld of burlesque theatre in 1940s America. When one performer is found strangled with a G-string, no one is above suspicion. A host of clueless coppers face off against the theatre's tough-talking guys and dolls, and when a second murder occurs, it's clear that Gypsy and her cohorts will have to crack the case themselves. A dazzling and wisecracking murder mystery noir that was the basis of the 1943 film Lady of Burlesque, starring Barbara Stanwyck.
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"A 1940 noir classic"--Cover.
CRIME & MYSTERY. Narrating the twisted tale of a backstage double murder, Gypsy Rose Lee, the queen of the striptease, provides a tantalising glimpse into the underworld of burlesque theatre in 1940s America. When one performer is found strangled with a G-string, no one is above suspicion. A host of clueless coppers face off against the theatre's tough-talking guys and dolls, and when a second murder occurs, it's clear that Gypsy and her cohorts will have to crack the case themselves. A dazzling and wisecracking murder mystery noir that was the basis of the 1943 film Lady of Burlesque, starring Barbara Stanwyck.
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