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01939aam a2200325Mi 4500 001 F017D85AFE4C11E69FC2E4A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170301010045 008 160714s2016 mau 000 f eng 020 $a 0544925475 020 $a 9780544925472 035 $a (OCoLC)964639464 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $e rda $d OCLCO $d SILO 100 1 $a Chee, Alexander, $e author. 245 14 $a The queen of the night / $c Alexander Chee. 264 1 $a Boston $b Mariner Books//Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $c [2016] 300 $a 568 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a MODERN & CONTEMPORARY FICTION (POST C 1945). A "wild opera of a novel,"* The Queen of the Night tells the mesmerizing story of Lilliet Berne, an orphan who left the American frontier for Europe and was swept into the glamour and terror of Second Empire France. She became a sensation of the Paris Opera, with every accolade but an original role-her chance at immortality. When one is offered to her, she finds the libretto is based on her deepest secret, something only four people have ever known. But who betrayed her? With "epic sweep, gorgeous language, and haunting details,"** Alexander Chee shares Lilliet's cunning transformation from circus rider to courtesan to legendary soprano, retracing the path that led to the role that could secure her reputation-or destroy her with the secrets it reveals. 650 0 $a Opera $z Paris $z Paris $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Betrayal $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sopranos (Singers) $z Paris $z Paris $v Fiction. 651 0 $a France $x History $y Second Empire, 1852-1870 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Paris (France) $x Social conditions $y 19th century $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Romance fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l ORAX826 $d 20170927010250.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20170301012314.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F017D85AFE4C11E69FC2E4A3DAD10320 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search