Description
| Product ID: | 9781509870172 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Picador Classic |
| Title: | The Dead Girls |
| Authors: | Author: Jorge Ibarguengoitia, Asa Zatz |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery, Fiction in translation, Fiction in translation |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Inspired by true events, The Dead Girls is the story of the unexplained deaths of six young prostitutes, buried in the back yard of a small-town brothel. <p><b>With an introduction by award-winning novelist Colm Tóibín</b><br><br>Opening with a crime of passion after a years-long love affair has soured, <i>The Dead Girls </i>soon plunges into an investigation of something even darker: Serafina Baladro and her sister run a successful brothel business in a small town, so successful that they begin to expand. But when business starts to falter, life in the brothel turns ugly, and slowly, girls start disappearing . . . <br><br>Based on real events, the story of serial-killing brothel owners Delfina and María de Jésus González, whose crimes were uncovered in 1964, <i>The Dead Girls </i>is a deliciously satirical black comedy - a potent blend of sex and mayhem. Written in the laconic tones of a police report, it cleverly uncovers the hopeless pedantry of a broken justice system, and the dark world of prostitution.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-07-12 |
