The vixen : a novel
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Prose, Francine, 1947-
Published
New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].
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Edition
First edition.
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316 pages ; 24 cm
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
Fiction Prose, F
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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1953. Simon Putnam, newly hired by a distinguished New York publishing firm, gets his first assignment: editing The Vixen, the Patriot and the Fanatic, a lurid bodice-ripper improbably based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. It is a potboiler intended to shore up the firm's failing finances. Simon's mother was a childhood friend of Ethel Rosenberg's; his parents mourn Ethel's death. Simon meets The Vixen author, reckless, seductive Anya Partridge, ensconced in her opium-scented boudoir in a luxury Hudson River mental asylum. Simon comes to realize that everyone is not what they seem, that everyone is keeping secrets, and that ordinary events may conceal a diabolical plot. -- adapted from jacket

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Book editors -- Fiction.
Deception -- Fiction.
Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Novels.
Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Rosenberg, Ethel, -- 1915-1953 -- Fiction.
Rosenberg, Julius, -- 1918-1953 -- Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.