Queenpin is a short work, focusing on an unnamed narrator who, at some during “the waning days of the American mob’s golden era,” hooks up with a legendary club owner/powerbroker named Gloria Denton. Writes Winter:
It’s a good relationship. Under Gloria’s tutelage, our girl becomes hard and smart. She also earns a lot of cash. With an apartment and a car as part of her job, she’s soon living a comfortable life.Abbott has written the sexual flipside of the classic noirish story about the young, ambitious protagonist (generally a man) who hooks up with a well-heeled, battle-tested gangster for profit and loss of innocence. Read Winter’s review of Queenpin here.
But it’s not enough. When she goes behind Gloria’s back to set up a burglary, she gets a taste for more cash. It not only pads her wallet, but it gives her the thrill of rebelling against Gloria. She wants more.
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I'm way excited for this -- it's a fleshed-out version of a short story Abbott wrote for Duane Swierczynski's DAMN NEAR DEAD anthology.
It's also the third Megan Abbott book cover with original art that knocks it right out of the park.
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