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Author:

Hand, Elizabeth, author.

Title:

Curious toys : a novel / Elizabeth Hand.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Mulholland Books/LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

373 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Darger, Henry,--1892-1973--Fiction.
Women detectives--Chicago--Chicago--Fiction.
Gangs--Chicago--Chicago--Fiction.
Amusement parks--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Murderers--Fiction.
Riverview Amusement Park (Chicago, Ill.)--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-373).

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.

ISBN:

0316485888
9780316485883

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1056779744

LCCN:

2019937208

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