{"product_id":"suicide-blonde-9780802127341","title":"Suicide Blonde","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Darcey Steinke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802127341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45440014712947,"sku":"9780802127341","price":20.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_317d3ef3-7dd9-4423-920b-483575891e14.jpg?v=1788440277","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/suicide-blonde-9780802127341","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}