Toxicology

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book Toxicology by Jessica Hagedorn, Penguin Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jessica Hagedorn ISBN: 9781101476444
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: April 14, 2011
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: Jessica Hagedorn
ISBN: 9781101476444
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: April 14, 2011
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: English

A bold new novel about the intersection of art, love, fame, and money from the acclaimed author of Dogeaters.

Jessica Hagedorn's edgy and entertaining new novel centers on the lives of two women who are neighbors in Manhattan's West Village. Mimi Smith is a filmmaker of low-budget slasher movies in search of new material. Her neighbor Eleanor Delacroix is a legendary writer of erotic fiction, now nearing eighty and addicted to cocaine and gin. Their personal and artistic lives begin to collide in unexpected ways as Eleanor grieves over the recent death of her live-in lover, the renowned painter Yvonne Wilder, and as Mimi deals with the challenges presented by her newly sober brother Carmelo; her drug-dealing boyfriend, who has mysteriously disappeared; and her wayward fourteen-year-old daughter, Violet. Looming over all these characters is the ghost of Agnes-an "illegal" and cousin of Mimi's who might have been murdered by her New Jersey employers. Toxicology is a dark yet playful exploration of money, desire, mortality, and the connection between creativity and self-destruction.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A bold new novel about the intersection of art, love, fame, and money from the acclaimed author of Dogeaters.

Jessica Hagedorn's edgy and entertaining new novel centers on the lives of two women who are neighbors in Manhattan's West Village. Mimi Smith is a filmmaker of low-budget slasher movies in search of new material. Her neighbor Eleanor Delacroix is a legendary writer of erotic fiction, now nearing eighty and addicted to cocaine and gin. Their personal and artistic lives begin to collide in unexpected ways as Eleanor grieves over the recent death of her live-in lover, the renowned painter Yvonne Wilder, and as Mimi deals with the challenges presented by her newly sober brother Carmelo; her drug-dealing boyfriend, who has mysteriously disappeared; and her wayward fourteen-year-old daughter, Violet. Looming over all these characters is the ghost of Agnes-an "illegal" and cousin of Mimi's who might have been murdered by her New Jersey employers. Toxicology is a dark yet playful exploration of money, desire, mortality, and the connection between creativity and self-destruction.

More books from Penguin Publishing Group

Cover of the book Lethal Letters by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book Building the Chevy LS Engine HP1559 by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book Begging for It by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book How to Tail a Cat by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book The Last Greatest Magician in the World by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book Carol for Another Christmas by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book Superbosses by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book Wanting Sex Again by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book A Fistful Of Sky by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book Your Money or Your Life by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book Tapped Out by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book The Farther I Fall by Jessica Hagedorn
Cover of the book Dark Tales by Jessica Hagedorn
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy