The Corpse Wore Pasties

✍ Scribed by Jonny Porkpie

• Publisher: Titan
• Year: 2009;2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 132 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

WHO BUMPED OFF THE BUMP-AND-GRINDER?

Usually, when you call a burlesque act a show stopper, you don't mean it quite so literally. But this time, that's just what happened: The show stopped dead, and so did the girl. And as I looked at her nearly naked and completely lifeless body and the bottle of poison in her hand with my fingerprints all over it, I thought to myself: Porkpie, you're in for it this time

From Publishers Weekly

The self-styled burlesque mayor of New York City makes himself the hero of his entertaining hard-boiled debut. Suspected of murder after a striptease artist dies dramatically onstage, performer and emcee Porkpienamed for his trademark hatsets out one kick-step ahead of the cops to find the real killer. It doesn't help that victim Victoria Vice was generally loathed for plagiarizing the distinctive acts of fellow ecdysiasts Cherries Jubilee, Jillian Knockers and Eva Desire. Much of the fun lies in Porkpie's witty and telling observations of life in the raunchy burlesque world, and the tone is more playful than pornographic despite plentiful references to sexual activity. Readers will enjoy the twists and action and hope for future Porkpie investigations. The book will be launched with a live burlesque show in New York City. (Dec.)
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From Booklist

Author Porkpie, the self-proclaimed Burlesque Mayor of New York City, makes himself the star of this winsome first novel. Porkpie is NYPDs prime suspect in the murder of Victoria Vice, a burlesque dancer known for plagiarizing other dancers acts. Jonny assumes that one of the other dancers on the program is the murderer, and he decides he must uncover the truth to avoid 25 years in prison. In the course of his investigation, he is chased, half-naked, across the Brooklyn Bridge by a heavy-metal band and finds himself hanging from chains, completely naked, in the dungeon of a dominatrix. He also offers knowing insights into the craft of burlesque; for example, to properly apply pasties, heat the adhesiveit makes them stick better. Porkpies style is diligently tongue-in-cheek, and it works. Fans of hard-boiled crime will enjoy this romp, and in an increasingly coarse popular culture, the inside look at burlesque seems, well, almost wholesome. --Thomas Gaughan

Library : General
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780843961232