{"product_id":"suicide-blonde-paperback-1","title":"Suicide Blonde - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarcey Steinke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaggie Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intensely erotic story of a young woman's sexual and psychological odyssey \"a provocative tour through the dark side\". (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWas it the bourbon or the dye fumes that made the pink walls quiver like vaginal lips?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA modern cult classic as startling, original, and vital as it was when first published at the height of the grunge era, Darcey Steinke's sensational \u003ci\u003eSuicide Blonde\u003c\/i\u003e has lost none of its raw charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse is a beautiful twenty-nine-year-old adrift in San Francisco's demimonde of sexually ambiguous, drug-taking outsiders, desperately trying to sustain a connection with her bisexual boyfriend Bell. She becomes caretaker and confidante to Madame Pig, a grotesque, besotted recluse. Jesse also meets Madison, Pig's daughter or lover or both, who uses others' desires for her own purposes, and who leads Jesse into a world beyond all boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarcy Steinke\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five novels including \u003ci\u003eSister Golden Hair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJesus Saves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUp Through the Water\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMilk\u003c\/i\u003e, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eEaster Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books have been translated into ten languages and her nonfiction has appeared in numerous publications, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been both a Henry Hoyns and a Stegner Fellow, and has taught at Columbia University, Barnard, Princeton, and The New School.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaggie Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, critic, author of the National Book Critic's Circle Award-winning memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e, and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. Her otherworks include \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBluets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Parts: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJane: A Murder\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches in the School of Critical Studies at CalArts and lives in Los Angeles, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48669442769035,"sku":"9780802127341","price":28.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/K-sBBiEx_19780802127341.webp?v=1785343826","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/suicide-blonde-paperback-1","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}