Vicki Hendricks
Paperback | Pages: 170 pages Rating: 3.38 | 777 Users | 54 Reviews
Details Containing Books Miami Purity
| Title | : | Miami Purity |
| Author | : | Vicki Hendricks |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 170 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2007 by Busted Flush Press, LLC (first published 1995) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Noir. Crime. Novels |
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⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2Vicki Hendricks' acclaimed erotic debut novel takes it's cue from noir godfather James M. Cain and is a clear homage to his The Postman Always Rings Twice . In this one, after exotic dancer Sherri Parlay "accidentally" kills her abusive husband, she decides to start over fresh. One way to do it is to get a legit job working at the indie dry cleaners Miami Purity. Here she quickly falls for the owner's son and his "Jagger-lips," but his controlling mom stands in the way.
Hendricks' noir voice is smooth and assured, totally spot on. Her writing is one of the best examples I've seen of truly evoking the pulp paperback era but never feeling forced. There are not many things in the story that really date it, so it has a timeless feel and there are many times that I forgot that it was published in 1995. Along with the Miami humidity, the dry cleaners is a perfect setting for this steamy book and all of the illicit going-ons, a place where people take all their dirty things to get them cleaned and "purified." And Sherri is a great protagonist, unapologetic about her sexuality, strong in going after what she wants at the same time she's weak in her self-control.
Now while there are lots of great things in Miami Purity, especially the final act, much of it's beginning and middle is bogged down by monotony, where it falls into a soap opera slump, with not much going on except for Sherri pining over Payne, and the two of them having hot sex and trying to hide it from his mom. In this way, it's also similar to another Cain book, Mildred Pierce, which I had similar feelings about: well-written but weakened by it's eye-rolling soapy elements. So if you imagine James M. Cain, but with a lot more vagina and penis, you'll get an idea of what to expect from this book. And it's cool seeing how many awesome authors have blurbed lovingly about Vicki Hendricks and her work, from Dennis Lehane, to George Pelecanos, to Joe R. Lansdale, and this edition even sports a thoughtful Afterword by Megan Abbott.
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| Original Title: | Miami Purity |
| ISBN: | 0979270936 (ISBN13: 9780979270932) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Containing Books Miami Purity
Ratings: 3.38 From 777 Users | 54 ReviewsRate Containing Books Miami Purity
The most disgusting book I have ever read. A well-earned 5*.⭐⭐⭐1/2Vicki Hendricks' acclaimed erotic debut novel takes it's cue from noir godfather James M. Cain and is a clear homage to his The Postman Always Rings Twice . In this one, after exotic dancer Sherri Parlay "accidentally" kills her abusive husband, she decides to start over fresh. One way to do it is to get a legit job working at the indie dry cleaners Miami Purity. Here she quickly falls for the owner's son and his "Jagger-lips," but his controlling mom stands in the way.Hendricks' noir
Wow. This one is hard to describe... kind of a mystery but truly amazing!
Rough, ragged, and brutish, but perfectly amped-up noir. In the best tradition of Cain and Chandler, Hendricks achieves a lot with a startling economy of words - she captures that down-at-heel, low-hope world perfectly.
Miami Purity = Pure NoirPurity generally carries the sense of cleanliness. Thats not the case in this book. If theres any purity in Vicki Hendricks Miami Purity it is pure trash noir and I mean that as a tremendous compliment. I found this book (like so many others) due to it being mentioned in a Ken Bruen novel (Bust, co-authored with Jason Starr). I read Miami Purity in one day, virtually in one sitting it was that good.Miami Purity is told from the first person POV of Sherri Parlay, a
Dirty, pervy Florida noir with a fuckup woman protagonist. Lots of fucking and bad decisions. I read it because I saw her (I think newly reprinted) books on the shelf at the feminist bookstore, looked her up and realized she's a major writer in contemporary noir, constantly compared to James Cain (Postman Always Rings Twice). This was her first book, and I'll read more. I really liked the sex except for 2 things: first there was this guy who she was constantly remarking had perfect PLEATS in his
At the heart of the novel is more than just a tragic woman caught in a downhill spiral of booze and uncontrollable lustful desires. Sherri is a broken person who is set to find a new life beyond the stripclubs and the abusive husband she got away with killing (that's all on page one). She is out to literally cleanse and purify her life with a job in a dry cleaners called Miami Purity where she falls head over heels for the boss's son, a pure Catholic boy, but also a twisted little mama's boy who
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