The Speed Queen by Stewart O'nan

The Speed Queen by Stewart O'nan

“If you haven’t read Stewart O’Nan, you have some catching up to do.”—Stephen King “Scathing and intelligent . . . Makes the skin crawl.” —Los Angeles Times In Stewart O’Nan’s cult classic crime novel, a death-row inmate gives her confession—a hair-raising tale of sex, drugs and murder across Oklahoma—in this “sexy, breathless, and pitch-perfect tale.” (Detour). I bet everyone asks you about Jack in ‘The Shining’ and whether that’s supposed to be you. You say no, I bet, or maybe he’s just a little part of you. This’ll be more like ‘Dolores Claiborne’ meets ’The Green Mile,’ but still… Marjorie Standiford sits on Oklahoma's death row, hours away from execution, speaking into a tape recorder, telling her life story. She's answering questions about how she became the Speed Queen, one of the Mach 6 Killers--how mainlining speed with her husband Lamont and her lover Natalie grew into dealing, how dealing grew into robbery, and robbery into mass murder. She's telling her story because she wants to set the record straight, to correct the lies in Natalie's book, which became a bestseller. Marjorie's book will be better. It will be written by a bestselling novelist. Told in Marjorie's dreamy, bemused, unforgettable voice, set against a uniquely American landscape of fast-food joints and endless highways, and scored by the blare of the dashboard radio, The Speed Queen is a taut, violent, darkly comic story into the dark soul of America’s Heartland.

Stewart O’Nan is the author of numerous books, including Wish You Were Here, Everyday People, In the Walled City, The Speed Queen, and Emily, Alone. His 2007 novel, Last Night at the Lobster, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, where he lives with his family.

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ISBN 13	9780802138538
ISBN 10	0802138535
Titel	The Speed Queen
Autor	Stewart O'nan
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-09-20
Seitenanzahl	224
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