When a stripper is strangled with a G-string, Gypsy Rose Lee and her boyfriend, Biff Brannigan, search for the murderer
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Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970) was the most acclaimed strip tease artist of her day. She later made 12 films and hosted her own TV show. Her autobiography Gypsy spawned the famed musical and two film versions.
"Burlesque is the background . . . [and] the background is perfect. Recommended for the readers who feel better when their eyebrows are raised." ―The New Yorker
"[Lee's] novel is a rich and lusty job, brimming over with infectious vitality and a hilarious jargon of her own." ―Life
"A lurid, witty and highly competent detective story . . . Rich show business vocabulary and stage door gags make her book almost a social document. . . . The G-String Murders build up to a hair-raising climax." ―Time
"Burlesque is the background . . . [and] the background is perfect. Recommended for the readers who feel better when their eyebrows are raised." The New Yorker
"[Lee's] novel is a rich and lusty job, brimming over with infectious vitality and a hilarious jargon of her own." Life
"A lurid, witty and highly competent detective story . . . Rich show business vocabulary and stage door gags make her book almost a social document. . . . The G-String Murders build up to a hair-raising climax." Time
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. Store stamped. --- --- 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. . .See photos for additional content. . . Seller Inventory # 39944
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 305pp. First published in the US in 1941; this copy, Stated: "Published in Penguin Books 1984". Glossy Mass Market Paperback with $3.95 price on rear cover; front cover illustrated with frightened Burlesque dancer at her make-up table before performance, with hand-mirror she is using showing a skull in reflection; light gray title box on the upward slant across top front cover, with title lettering in black, edged in red. Light uniform age-toning to text; light blue remainder mark across bottom edge; two superficial crease lines on spine surface (NO cracks in spine); very slight slant to spine; tiny rubbing wear at tips of front cover corners, but still square; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Seller Inventory # 001981
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