Between Us Girls: A Novel - Softcover

Orton, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802136443 ISBN 13: 9780802136442

Publisher: Grove Press, 1999

Synopsis

Thirty years after his death, a work that represents a turning point in Joe Orton's career is now available. Between Us Girls is a comic novel, the diary of young would-be actress Susan Hope, whose picaresque adventures lead her from life on the London stage to servitude in the white slave trade of Mexico, and ultimately to film stardom in Hollywood. Written in 1957, Between Us Girls is an extraordinary blend of camp comedy and pent-up eroticism, featuring the first appearance of the unique voice of a writer whose plays would later achieve worldwide acclaim.

About this title

From Library Journal:

With the discovery of three early works never before published, Orton, one of Britain's Angry Young Men, has another shot at fame 30 years after his death. In addition to the two plays collected in The Visitors and Fred & Madge (ISBN 0-8021-3628-1. pap. $12), readers can take a look at this novel, which features an aspiring young actress as she sojourns from London stage to Mexican slave trade to Hollywood stardom.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0802136443
• ISBN 13: 9780802136442
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224