The G-String Murders (Femmes Fatales)

The G-String Murders (Femmes Fatales)

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<div>A mystery set in the underworld of burlesque theater, <I>The G-String Murders</I> was penned in 1941 by the legendary queen of the stripteasers—the witty and wisecracking Gypsy Rose Lee. Narrating a twisted tale of a backstage double murder, Lee provides a fascinating look behind the scenes of burlesque, richly populated by the likes of strippers Lolita LaVerne and Gee Gee Graham, comic Biff Brannigan and Siggy the g-string salesman. This is a world where women struggle to earn a living performing bumps and grinds, have gangster boyfriends, sip beer between acts and pay their own way at dinner.<BR><BR><B>Femmes Fatales</B> restores to print the best of women’s writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Enjoy the series: <I>Bedelia</I>; <I>Bunny Lake Is Missing</I>; <I>By Cecile</I>; <I>The G-String Murders</I>; <I>The Girls in 3-B</I>; <I>Laura</I>; <I>The Man Who Loved His Wife</I>; <I>Mother Finds a Body</I>; <I>Now, Voyager</I>; <I>Return to Lesbos</I>; <I>Skyscraper</I>; <I>Stranger on Lesbos</I>; <I>Stella Dallas</I>; <I>Women's Barracks</I>.<BR><BR></div>