These Violent Delights (Signed First Edition)

Namkung, Victoria

ISBN 10: 0999315315 / ISBN 13: 9780999315316

Published by Griffith Moon Publishing, Santa Monica, 2017

About this Item

Santa Monica, 2017. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A pristine unread copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($29.99). SIGNED BY AUTHOR on a bookplate affixed to front end-paper page (name only). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. A novel.

Seller Inventory # F1400C

Bibliographic Details

• Title: These Violent Delights (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Griffith Moon Publishing, Santa Monica
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0999315315
• ISBN 13: 9780999315316
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

At Windemere School for Girls, one of America’s elite private schools, Dr. Gregory Copeland is the beloved chair of the English Department. A married father with a penchant for romantic poetry—and impressionable teenage girls—he operates in plain sight for years, until one of his former students goes public with allegations of inappropriate conduct. With the help of an investigative journalist, and two additional Windemere alumnae who had relationships with Copeland as students, the unlikely quartet unites to take him down.

Set in modern-day Los Angeles, These Violent Delights is a literary exploration of the unyielding pressures and vulnerabilities that so many women and girls experience, and analyzes the ways in which our institutions and families fail to protect or defend us. A suspenseful and nuanced story told from multiple points of view, the novel examines themes of sexuality, trauma, revenge, and the American myth of liberty and justice for all.

 

About the Author

Victoria Namkung's journalism and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, and VICE, among other publications. She is the author of the romantic thriller, The Things We Tell Ourselves, and a contributor to the anthology, Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity. Victoria has taught courses at UCLA, UCSB, and 826LA, and resides in Los Angeles.