Curious toys, a novel, Elizabeth Hand
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Curious toys, a novel, Elizabeth Hand
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-373)
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Curious toys
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1056779744
Responsibility statement
Elizabeth Hand
Sub title
a novel
Summary
"In the sweltering summer of 1915, Pin, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a carnival fortune-teller, dresses as a boy and joins a teenage gang that roams the famous Riverview amusement park, looking for trouble. Unbeknownst to the well-heeled city-dwellers and visitors who come to enjoy the midway, the park is also host to a ruthless killer who uses the shadows of the dark carnival attractions to conduct his crimes. When Pin sees a man enter the Hell Gate ride with a young girl, and emerge alone, she knows that something horrific has occurred. The crime will lead her to the iconic outsider artist Henry Darger, a brilliant but seemingly mad man. Together, the two navigate the seedy underbelly of a changing city to uncover a murderer few even know to look for.--, Provided by publisher
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- Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
- Murder + Investigation -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Historical fiction
- Murderers -- Fiction
- Women detectives -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
- Riverview Amusement Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Fiction
- Amusement parks -- Fiction
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Darger, Henry, 1892-1973 -- Fiction
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- Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
- Murder + Investigation -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Historical fiction
- Murderers -- Fiction
- Women detectives -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
- Riverview Amusement Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Fiction
- Amusement parks -- Fiction
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Darger, Henry, 1892-1973 -- Fiction
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