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Description edit
A novel set in the fast-living New York of the 1920s, that follows two lovers in a torrid affair on an arc of murder and sexual self-destruction.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Henry Judd Gray: Add a description of this character.
- Ruth Snyder
- Albert Snyder
- Lorraine
- Harry Folsom
- Mama
- Mrs. Josephine Brown
- Isabel
- Lora
- Jane
- Ethel
- Bud
- Dana Wallace
- George Hough
- Milton
- George Mclaughlin
- Edgar Hazelton
- Eddie
- Lawes
- Arthur Carey
- Mrs. Margaret Gray
- Mrs. Kallenbach
- Tommy
- Kitty Kaufman
- Mccaffery
- Harry Platt
- Jessie Guischard
- Elliott
- Momsie
- Mcdermott
- Newcombe
- Cecil Hough
First Sentence edit
She woke to a slow thudding on her bedroom door.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter One: Art Editor Slain
Chapter Two: Very Pretty
Chapter Three: Mr. & Mrs. Gray
Chapter Four: Lovesick
Chapter Five: Someone to Watch Over Me
Chapter Six: The Murder of Albert Edward Snyder
Chapter Seven: The Endless Desolation of the Soul
Chapter Eight: The Wages of Sin
Chapter Nine: And In Death I Shall Smile
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ron Hansen (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Country: United States
Publication Date: June 14, 2011
ISBN: 1451617550
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Scribner
Country: United States
Publication Date: June 14, 2011
ISBN: 1451617550
Page Count: 272
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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