Hughes 1904 1993 was a mystery author and literary critic.
The blue marble hughes.
Hughes s darker noir fiction that i ve read see my review of ride the pink horse the so blue marble is more lighthearted and plot driven sometimes ridiculously so.
Hughes s debut highlights her greatest strengths as an author rendered with both the poetic language and the psychology of fear for which she is known today.
Hughes the so blue marble is one of six vintage titles that were chosen by otto penzler to launch his new american mystery classics range.
While different in style from her later books dorothy b.
All pages are intact and the cover is intact.
The protagonist is griselda former actress current fashion designer for the rich and famous in the glittering world of hollywood.
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Unlike some of dorothy b.
It is a bit thriller a bit noir and just a tad bit off the wall.
One night while returning to her ex husband s east side apartment where she is staying she is accosted by two frightening young men who demand that she give them the blue marble what follows.
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It s thrills how will our heroine survive it s uniqueness the elimination of threat from deeply warped super rich kids and an avatar of the impending german threat.
While different in style from her later books dorothy b.
The so blue marble 1940 was the debut novel for dorothy b.
Is a perfectly art deco suspense novel in which nothing is quite as it seems.
Drenched in the glamour and luxury of the new york elite the so blue marble is a perfectly art deco suspense novel in which nothing is quite as it seems.
Drenched in the glamour and luxury of the new york elite the so blue marble.
Hughes s debut highlights her greatest strengths as an author rendered with both the poetic language and the psychology of fear for which she is known today.
After writing several unsuccessful manuscripts she published the so blue marble in 1940.
Born in kansas city she studied at columbia university and won an award from the yale series of younger poets for her first book the poetry collection dark certainty 1931.
Like the british library s range these books each feature an introduction giving some context to the work and information about the author.
Its mystery is what s the blue marble.
Pages can include considerable notes in pen or highlighter but the notes cannot obscure the text.
Drenched in the glamour and luxury of the new york elite the so blue marble is a perfectly art deco suspense novel in which nothing is quite as it seems.
The so blue marble by hughes dorothy b.
