Frog music : a novel / Emma Donoghue.
"Emma Donoghue's explosive new novel, based on an unsolved murder in 1876 San Francisco. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heatwave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman called Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, is a French burlesque dancer. Over the next three days, she will risk everything to bring Jenny's murderer to justice--if he doesn't track her down first. The story Blanche struggles to piece together is one of free-love bohemians, desperate paupers and arrogant millionaires; of jealous men, icy women and damaged children. It's the secret life of Jenny herself, a notorious character who breaks the law every morning by getting dressed: a charmer as slippery as the frogs she hunts. In thrilling, cinematic style, FROG MUSIC digs up a long-forgotten, never-solved crime. Full of songs that migrated across the world, Emma Donoghue's lyrical tale of love and bloodshed among lowlifes captures the pulse of a boomtown like no other"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316324687
- ISBN: 9780316371452
- Physical Description: 405 pages
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-398). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Darlin' -- I have got the blues -- There's the city -- Somebody's watching -- "Vive le Rose" -- I hardly knew ye -- Bang away -- When the train comes along. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Women dancers > Fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 19th century > Fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) > 19th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 54 of 57 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Iredell County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 57 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | F DONOGHUE (Text) | 33114017482043 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Troutman Branch Library | F DONOGHUE (Text) | 33114017482050 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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