Thread: the g-string murders

has anyone read this? was on amazon looking for burlesque or bettie related books and this came up, i googled it and its meant to be good. so if anyone has read it can you please let me know if its a good read?!

on the same note if you have any book recommendations please feel free to share, i go through phases where i just devour books! anything goes apart from chick lit :yuk:

ta muchly!

WARNING

Warning: This is an Old Thread This discussion is older than 60 days. information contained in it may no longer be current

Shadow of the Wind! I couldn't recommend a book more highly, completely absorbing and somewhat haunting. If you've not read it get your hands on a copy!!

I just finished the G-String Murders yesterday! It is full of typo's, but apart from that I thought it was really good.

I would also recommend:

Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper
Pretty Things (of course!)
Burlesque: Legendary Stars of the Stage
And Dita's book is another given!

Not burlesque-related, but read:

The Master and Margarita (Mikhajl Bulgakov)
Spiegelgeschichte ['story in reverse'] (Ilse Aichinger)
The Rum Diary (Hunter S. Thompson)
The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi)
Die Blasse Anna ['pale Anna'] (Heinrich Böll)

Good books, good books.

i think i will buy it then! although on wiki it said there are rumours she didn't write it :? but i don't think thats true.

i was gona get shadow of the wind ages ago but never got round to it! and i have read the master and margerita lol! i do like my russian literature!

in the mean time i shall just wait patiently for Exquisite Corpse by poppy z brite

I beleive the film 'Lady of Burlesque' starring Barbara Stanwyck is based on the G-String Murders. It's a good film for a rainy afternoon and you can get it on DVD easily from Amazon.

Kitty Noir - I am currently reading Master and Margherita (in between Sherlock stories and a Vince McMahon biography...)

read the g-string murders about a month ago and just after watched the lady of burlesque ,defiantly preferred the book but the film is still good Dita's book is also a good read

Originally Posted by Cherry Berlin

Spiegelgeschichte ['story in reverse'] (Ilse Aichinger)

Not bieng a German speaker, I have to ask - which bit of that word is 'story' and which bit is 'reverse'?

kittie... vince mcmahon as in WWE?? awesome...

i'm currently devouring my book club books, i haven't been reading for awhile but have read one a night for the past week

best have been
julie myerson - story of you
murakami - kafka on the shore
geraldine brooks - people of the book
marcus zusak - the book thief

have fun

xx

I'm flipping through pretty things (looking for costume inspiration) and reading wuthering heights & then Angela Carter's 'the bloody chamber'.
Waiting for the hay schedule to come out so I know what I need to read over the next two months to feel that I can hold my own :-) Love the place - but always come away with the feeling that I've missed out on a hundred great books.

Burlesque and the New Bump-n-grind is meant to be good but haven't read it yet.