Hoodtown - Softcover

Christa Faust

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0975379100 ISBN 13: 9780975379103

Publisher: From Parts Unknown Publications, 2004

Synopsis

It's mayhem, murder and masks in the acclaimed genre-bending novel from the "First Lady of Hard Case Crime Christa Faust (Money Shot, Choke Hold).

Hoodtown, ghetto of masked wrestlers, inner-city sanctuary of hooded culture. Evolved from lucha libre, the family gimmick is sacred, and the mask is the sole expression of one s identity.

Now, Hood prostitutes are turning-up murdered and worse, unmasked, and the Skin establishment is as much help as a paid-off ref. Enter X, former luchadora with a bruised past, a bum knee and no time to play Santo. She s no hero, but there s nobody else to tag-in, as her hunt for a killer uncovers a conspiracy that could take down all of maskedkind.

Like Casablanca with wrestling masks, Hoodtown is vintage pulp noir with a lucha libre pop culture twist.

The print edition of Hoodtown> includes exclusive interior illustrations by Sonambulo creator Rafael Navarro.

About this title

About the Author

Christa Faust s Money Shot was nominated for an Edgar award, Anthony award and Barry award, and won a Spinetingler award in the Rising Star category.

She worked in the Times Square peep booths, as a professional dominatrix, and in the adult film industry both behind and in front of the cameras for over a decade. She also wrote and directed the bondage adventure serial Dita in Distress, featuring Burlesque queen Dita Von Teese.

Faust is a Film Noir fanatic, an avid reader of classic hardboiled pulp novels, and an MMA fight fan. She lives and writes in Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: From Parts Unknown Publications
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0975379100
• ISBN 13: 9780975379103
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Rafael Navarro
• Number of pages: 256