Define Books Conducive To Queenpin
| Original Title: | Queenpin |
| ISBN: | 1416534288 (ISBN13: 9781416534280) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | United States of America |
| Literary Awards: | Barry Award for Best Paperback Original (2008), Anthony Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original (2008), Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2008) |
Megan Abbott
Paperback | Pages: 180 pages Rating: 3.76 | 3076 Users | 412 Reviews
Specify About Books Queenpin
| Title | : | Queenpin |
| Author | : | Megan Abbott |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 180 pages |
| Published | : | June 5th 2007 by Simon Schuster (first published January 1st 2007) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Noir. Fiction. Crime. Thriller. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery Thriller |
Representaion During Books Queenpin
By the author of Dare Me and The End of EverythingA young woman hired to keep the books at a down-at-the-heels nightclub is taken under the wing of the infamous Gloria Denton, a mob luminary who reigned during the Golden Era of Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano. Notoriously cunning and ruthless, Gloria shows her eager young protege the ropes, ushering her into a glittering demimonde of late-night casinos, racetracks, betting parlors, inside heists, and big, big money. Suddenly, the world is at her feet--as long as she doesn't take any chances, like falling for the wrong guy. As the roulette wheel turns, both mentor and protege scramble to stay one step ahead of their bosses and each other.
Rating About Books Queenpin
Ratings: 3.76 From 3076 Users | 412 ReviewsColumn About Books Queenpin
I've read some of Megan Abbott's stuff before and really liked it. And then I read QUEENPIN and thought, "Oh my God, this gal can really do noir. She's like a female Raymond Chandler." This is one of those books I hated life for intruding and forcing me to put down. I savored every hard-boiled word, every tough and muscular description, rooting for the long odds of a happy ending. I can't wait to read more Megan Abbott, especially in the vein.Queenpin is the story of a young woman, who remains unnamed throughout, plucked from a two-bit nightclub where shes cooking the books for a pair of half-wits and placed under the wing of the powerful Gloria Denton, a big player in the world of organized crime. Under Gloria, our narrator develops into a student of the game by dressing the part, living the part and finding the confidence she never knew she had. However, as the old saying goes, nothing gold can stay. She falls in love with a
Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || PinterestIt didn't hit me until the very end of the book that our heroine was never even given a name. That's because she rules the narrative with her forceful, first-person account of how she went from a pencil-pushing, sweater-wearing 9-to-5er to a "queenpin." I've only read Abbott's young adult novels before this one and one of the things, okay, two of the things, that I've always liked about them are the fiercely intense, fiercely rivalrous
This is the second book Ive read by Megan Abbott, and she can go ahead and sign me up as member of her fan club.Set back in the good old days when people still smoked and took a shot a rye every twenty minutes, the unnamed narrator is a young woman who is keeping the books for a small time shady night club. After she helps the owners do some creative Enron-style accounting, she comes to the attention of Gloria Denton.Gloria is an aging but gorgeous woman who helps manage the rackets in town, and
"Who is she anyhow?" I asked, that first time. "Whose wife?""She's no one's wife," Jerome said, shaking his head. "And she's no moll, never was, not even when she was fresh and tight as Kim Novak.""What's she, some kind of kingpin?" Sold as a fine example of hardboiled novel from a daring young writer, "Queenpin" is the second novel by Megan Abbott (after "Dare Me") that I expected to enjoy thoroughly yet left me underwhelmed. The premise is good take the classical plot of a con game where
This has been one of the stand-outs in my recent foray into crime fiction. There is nothing necessarily about it this book that really stands out, it's just so smoothly executed that it was a pleasure to read. There was nothing cringe inducing here, the dialogue was stylized enough to hark back to the hard-boiled / noir of the 40's / 50's without falling into parody or made to feel strained. Even though I've read a slew of crime novels lately, and had read some before this past month I still
It was a soft sell, a long sell. I never knew what she had in mind until I already had such a taste I thought my tongue would never stop buzzing.There comes a time in every girl's life when she has to finally read her last unread Megan Abbott novel. Now I'm stuck waiting for the next new one like a sucker.Queenpin is the story of a nameless girl from a square family who climbs willingly and eagerly into a life of easy money and illicit thrills. She's helped along by the glamorous, hard-edged
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.