Speed Queen - Softcover

O'Nan, Stewart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345422449 ISBN 13: 9780345422446

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1998

Synopsis

"Hours away from execution by the state of Oklahoma, Marjorie Standiford is dictating her memoirs. . . . Marjorie, whose robbery spree with her husband, Lamont, and her lover, Natalie, splattered a trail of blood across the Southwest, steadfastly maintains that she didn't kill anybody. Now, to assure her young son's future, the woman called the Speed Queen--for both her drug and driving style--is fulfilling her deal with the big-time writer who has paid handsomely for her story. It's worth every penny. Liberally jazzed with humor, both gallows and otherwise, Majorie's account combines the manic rush of Natural Born Killers with the dreamy lyricism of Badlands. . . . An unflinching take on the land of fast food and fast cars, where everyone is juiced to the max--and no one is really going anywhere."
--People

A PEOPLE PAGE-TURNER OF THE WEEK

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From the Back Cover

"CLASSIC AMERICAN NOIR."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"A SEXY, BREATHLESS, AND PITCH-PERFECT TALE . . .
AN UNABAHED ROLLERCOASTER OF A BOOK."
--Detour

"I liked The Speed Queen so much I went back and bought five or six copies to send to everyone I know. The conceit is ingenious and the book is beautifully executed. I wish I'd written it."
--Sue Grafton

"UNFAILING INTELLIGENCE, A GRIM AND BRACING HUMOR, [AND] AN UNBLINKING EYE FOR THE TELLING DETAIL."
--The New York Times Book Review

From the Inside Flap

away from execution by the state of Oklahoma, Marjorie Standiford is dictating her memoirs. . . . Marjorie, whose robbery spree with her husband, Lamont, and her lover, Natalie, splattered a trail of blood across the Southwest, steadfastly maintains that she didn't kill anybody. Now, to assure her young son's future, the woman called the Speed Queen--for both her drug and driving style--is fulfilling her deal with the big-time writer who has paid handsomely for her story. It's worth every penny. Liberally jazzed with humor, both gallows and otherwise, Majorie's account combines the manic rush of Natural Born Killers with the dreamy lyricism of Badlands. . . . An unflinching take on the land of fast food and fast cars, where everyone is juiced to the max--and no one is really going anywhere."
--People

A PEOPLE PAGE-TURNER OF THE WEEK

Edition details

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345422449
• ISBN 13: 9780345422446
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212