A mystery set in the underworld of burlesque theater,
The G-String Murders
was penned in 1941 by the legendary queen of the stripteasers—the witty and wisecracking Gypsy Rose Lee. 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.
Femmes Fatales
restores to print the best of women’s writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Enjoy the series:
Bedelia
;
Bunny Lake Is Missing
By Cecile
The Girls in 3-B
Laura
The Man Who Loved His Wife
Mother Finds a Body
Now, Voyager
Return to Lesbos
Skyscraper
Stranger on Lesbos
Stella Dallas
Women's Barracks
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