| The Speed Queen Contributor(s): O'Nan, Stewart (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802138535 ISBN-13: 9780802138538 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: A bestselling horror writer researching a series of murders receives his information through Oklahoman death-row inmate Marjorie Standiford, who recounts her experiences in the twisted love triangle, drug-induced killing spree across the desert plains. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001040155 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Plains - Geographic Orientation - Oklahoma |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stewart O'Nan is one of the most highly acclaimed fiction writers of his generation, selected by Granta as one of the Best Young American Novelists and hailed by The New York Times as a master. Grove Press is proud to reissue his haunting noir novel The Speed Queen. The Speed Queen is the gripping story of a twisted love triangle's drug-fueled killing spree across the desert plains, told in the voice of Oklahoma death-row inmate Marjorie Standiford, who is recounting her experiences for a best-selling horror writer researching the murders. It's a chilling, unputdownable crime novel in the tradition of James M. Cain -- a voyage into the dark soul of the American West. |