Brought to Book
Murderous Stories from the Literary World
Mary Wings; Barbara Wilson (2); Stella Duffy; Penny Sumner
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From Kirkus Reviews
Or intrepid women take on the literary establishment, as youd expect from the imprint on this collection of 15 mostly new stories (three date back to 1994). Within this imperative, the contributors find surprising variety, though there’s no shortage of males to oppress female editors (Barbara Paul and Dale Gunthorp), translators (Barbara Wilson), printers (Margaret Wilkinson), and sales reps (Joan M. Drury). More typically, women writers struggle to balance the identities they can achieve through writing with the politics of wrestling for power in the world of publishing. The few stories of straight detection are undistinguished, and most of the others are calculated to make male readers ears burn. But the target audience will be delighted with the grave playfulness of Susan Dunlaps murderous tontine, the shape-shifting of Stella Duffys and Robyn Vintens metafictions, the dishy faux revelations of Christina Lee’s vampirish parasite, and the changes resourceful editor Sumner (Crosswords, 1995, etc.) rings on the hysterical female stalker. Brightly entertaining sociology-cum-bonding masquerading as crime fiction. — Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Includes:
Bad Review Susan Dunlap
Pikeman and the Bagwoman Dale Gunthorp
Luisa Christina Lee
Could be Better Stella Duffy
Shame the Devil Millie Murray
Empty Arms Mary Wings
At the Premier’s Literary Awards Melissa Chan
Wie Bitte? Barbara Wilson
Character Witness Robyn Vinten
Murder at the Sales Meeting Joan M.Drury
Four Characters, Four Lunches Finola Moorhead
A Man’s Book Margaret Wilkinson
STET Barbara Paul
For Your Eyes Only Penny Sumner
With Mary Wings, Barbara Wilson, Stella Duffy and many more.
Authors wreaking revenge on editors, perfidious plots at award dinners, murders at sales conferences and in writers’ groups – in Brought to Book top women crime writers expose the lethal reality of the literary world
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Details
| ISBN | 704345781 |
| Genre | Anthology – Fiction |
| Publication Date | Feb-98 |
| Publisher | Women’s Press (UK) |
| Editor | Penny Sumner |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 176 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Editor | Penny Sumner |
| Subject | Crime – Fiction |
| BookID | 1547 |
