A Blog About Books and Reading
A Blog About Books and Reading
This is one of the things Sallis insists on: the idea that commercial fiction can contain insights every bit as profound as those in more high-minded literary novels.
Bollen has concocted a scenario that deftly upends traditional power structures.
In this short, ironic work of feminist noir, the femme fatale turns the tables on the hapless men and their murderous scheme.
Who Is Maud Dixon? is about ambition, identity, and the malleable nature of personality.
The American author’s fiction is too frequently placed in a generic box; her output was much more wide ranging, including pieces like this atypical story.
