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The G-String Murders
The G-String Murders | Gypsy Rose Lee
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A mystery set in the underworld of burlesque theater, The G-String Murders was penned in 1941 by the legendary queen of the stripteasersthe 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. Femmes Fatales restores to print the best of womens 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: Bedelia; Bunny Lake Is Missing; By Cecile; The G-String Murders; The Girls in 3-B; Laura; The Man Who Loved His Wife; Mother Finds a Body; Now, Voyager; Return to Lesbos; Skyscraper; Stranger on Lesbos; Stella Dallas; Women's Barracks.
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CarolynM
The G-String Murders | Gypsy Rose Lee
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Gypsy Rose Lee and two novels she wrote. Will this do for #GypsyRoad? #WanderingJune

erzascarletbookgasm Not heard of her but those covers are great! 5y
BarbaraBB It does. Those covers 😍 5y
Cinfhen 🏆 5y
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BarbaraBB Also, I like your new profile pic! 5y
TrishB Nice new pic 👍🏻 5y
Cathythoughts Yes ! Love your new pic 👍🏻♥️ 5y
CarolynM @BarbaraBB @TrishB @Cathythoughts Thank you ladies. I had my hair cut and thought I'd update my look on Litsy🙂 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Ooo, nice haircut 💇‍♀️. You look good ❣️ 5y
CarolynM @erzascarletbookgasm Thank you 🙂 5y
ladym30 Lovely haircut and I think the G String Murders was made into a movie❤️! 5y
Crazeedi Very racy for her time! Love it! 5y
CarolynM @ladym30 Thank you. I'll look for the movie🙂 5y
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Sarah83
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I finished another #litsyclassics .Well it's the eleventh book out of twenty-six,I really need to hurry.

If this book wasn't for the challenge,I might have bailed it.

So many things were to obvious & I didn't like the narrator's style. Even if the author was a variety dancer & the book seems to be authentic, the narration gets really annoying at some time. Definitely not the best detective story I ever read, but the end was really surprising. 😂

Crazeedi I 💜❤💜 your notebook!!! 6y
Sarah83 @Crazeedi thank you 😍 6y
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Sarah83
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Sarah83
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After so much love, I need something completely different. This is one book for my #litsyclassics this year and it's part of DuMont's Kriminal-Bibliothek. Several years ago they made up these editions of classical crime novels. I already own several books and if you like classical crime novels, they are really good.

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Leftcoastzen
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#uncannyOctober Well , I assume if she continues her strip tease she will soon be #bare !

MayJasper Lol 6y
batsy Blurb on the book and publisher sounds fascinating! 6y
Leftcoastzen @batsy there is a movie about Gypsy with Natalie Wood . Also it was said that G string was ghost written ,but to look at manuscripts, gives people the impression she wrote the bulk of it herself with some guidance. She survived an insufferable stage mother ,and spoke at union meetings during the depression,supported loyalists during Spanish Civil war, not bad for a burlesque queen! 6y
batsy @Leftcoastzen That's cool! I will look this movie up. What an impressive life. Thanks! 6y
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