With an introduction by award-winning novelist Colm Tóibìn
Opening with a crime of passion after a years-long love affair has soured, The Dead Girls soon plunges into an investigation of something even darker: Serafina Baladro and her sister run a successful brothel business in a small town, so successful that they begin to expand. But when business starts to falter, life in the brothel turns ugly, and slowly, girls start disappearing . . .
Based on real events, the story of serial-killing brothel owners Delfina and Marìa de Jésus González, whose crimes were uncovered in 1964, The Dead Girls is a deliciously satirical black comedy - a potent blend of sex and mayhem. Written in the laconic tones of a police report, it cleverly uncovers the hopeless pedantry of a broken justice system, and the dark world of prostitution.
| ISBN: | 9781509870172 |
| Publication date: | 12th July 2018 |
| Author: | Jorge Ibargüengoitia |
| Publisher: | Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Picador Classic |
| Genres: |
Classic crime and mystery fiction True crime Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Social issues Fiction in translation |