Stone Baby
Joolz Denby(Author)
HarperCollins (Publisher)
Published on 2. April 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-00-651413-8 (ISBN)
Description
Meet Lenny Bruce in a Dress (aka Jamie Gee), an inspirational stand-up comic with enough cutting edge to rival Boadicea. The punters love her - they think she's tough and in control - but Lily Carlson, her best friend and manager, knows better. Underneath it all, Jamie's desperate for love: the victim of a brutal past, her one fatal flaw is men, and she has an unerring ability to pick Mr Wrong. As Jamie lurches from one bastard to the next, Lily and beautiful Asian transvestite Mojo do the damage-limitation thing. But they'd all reckoned without Sean Powers, a vicious psychopath with the face and body of a god, who threatens to smash the menage ? trois that sustains them. It's easy to see what makes Jamie fall so hard for Sean, but what's in it for him? And what does he really want from her?
Reviews / Votes
'Stone Baby uses the ingredients of the serial killer novel without any of the slick exploitative thrills of much of the genre to reveal the harm that ripples out from the damaged and damaging mind of a psychopath. It is an extraordinary achievement.' Natasha Cooper, Express on Sunday 'The book proceeds to its dramatic conclusion with a terrible inevitability ... but Denby never loses control of her sensitive material, refusing to sensationalise, and remaining compassionate throughout ... It's hard to imagine how anyone can read this book and remain unmoved.' Val McDermid, Glasgow HeraldMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-651413-8 (9780006514138)
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Person
Joolz Denby is Britain's foremost woman spoken-word artist. For the last twenty years she has travelled all over the world giving readings, performances, lectures and seminars. She has published three collections of poetry and stories and has appeared regularly on both television and radio.