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Figments of a MurderGILLIAN HANSCOMBE
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First there was the detective novel with its stubble-chinned PI. Then came the feminist super-sleuths. Feisty, fierce and real. Now there’s Figments of a Murder. And Babes.
Babes is about lust. Babes is about power. But what else is she up to? In her world women are torn asunder by love and lust, by murder and menace. Babes says she calls the shots. But does she?
‘A rich and robust satire of feminist politics combined with a murder mystery.’ —Anne Coombs, The Australian
‘It makes for an intense and passionate read. Being a novel about lesbian desire, it also contains some great, if not quite fully consummated sex. Gillian Hanscombe is a unique new talent in feminist crime writing and Spinifex should be congratulated for publishing this path-breaking book.’ —Carmel Shute, Sisters in Crime
‘Figments of a Murder, bar the ventriloquist’s dummy, doesn’t stray too far from the truth. Even lesbian feminists go in for the kill sometimes.’ —Jane Cornwell, The Pink Paper, UK
Set in London, Figments of a Murder is passionate and satirical. It probes images of self, sex, stardom and sisterhood. Images complicated by memories and money.
The world Gillian Hanscombe conjures in her fiction is torn asunder by love and lust between women. It's a world of murder and menace where Babes creates collisions and calls the shots. Or does she?
A rich and robust satire of feminst politics combined with a murder mystery.
