EXP Body Work: A V.I. Warshawski Novel - Softcover

Sara Paretsky ( SA LA PA LE SI JI )

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451234227 ISBN 13: 9780451234223

Publisher: Penguin U.S., 2011

Synopsis

Paperback. Publisher: Penguin US The enigmatic performer known as the Body Artist takes the stage at Chicago's Club Gouge and allows her audience to use her naked body as a canvas for their impromptu illustrations. VI Warshawski watches as people step forward. Some meek. Some bold. to make their mark. The evening takes a strange turn when one woman's sketch triggers a violent outburst from a man at a nearby table. Quickly subdued. the man-an Iraqi war vet-leaves the club. Days later. the woman is shot outside the club. She dies in VI's arms. and the police move quickly to arrest the angry vet. A shooting in Chicago is nothing new. certainly not to VI. who is hired by the vet's family to clear his name. As VI seeks answers. her investigation will take her from the North Side of Chicago to the far reaches of the Gulf War.

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Review

One of the most memorable novels in Paretsky's fine series. (Joan Smith, The Times)

Paretsky has been putting her private investigator through her paces since 1982, changing perceptions of women in crime fiction through the creation of a fiercely independent female detective. She keeps her brand of politicised noir fresh by responding to issues - social, cultural and political as well as gender - in contemporary life . . . Tackling the politics of the Iraq War and ideologies of corporate greed where the human body is devalued, Paretsky is firing on all cylinders (Metro)

This is the 14th case for the feminist gumshoe and it has all the hallmarks and energy of its predecessors. (Sunday Telegraph)

With the creation of V.I. Warshawski, Sara Paretsky did more than anyone to change the face of contemporary women's fiction. (Express on Sunday)

Very readable (The Times)

Paretsky's writing captures the essence of her beguiling heroine: Victoria Iphigenia is as tough as nails with a soft spot for justice that just won't quit. (Time Out)

Book Description

The fourteenth V.I. Warshawski novel from a crime author who writes with unbeatable pace and a passion for justice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin U.S.
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451234227
• ISBN 13: 9780451234223
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432