Because Simon has a secret that, at the height of the Red Scare and the McCarthy hearings, he cannot reveal: his beloved mother was a childhood friend of Ethel Rosenberg’s. It’s 1953, and Simon Putnam, a recent Harvard graduate newly hired by a distinguished New York publishing firm, has entered a glittering world of three-martini lunches, exclusive literary parties, and old-money aristocrats in exquisitely tailored suits, a far cry from his loving, middle-class Jewish family in Coney Island.īut Simon’s 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, a potboiler intended to shore up the firm’s failing finances-makes him question the cost of admission. In Conversation with Holly Firfer, Atlanta Media PersonalityĬritically acclaimed, bestselling author Francine Prose returns with a dazzling new novel set in the glamorous world of 1950s New York publishing, the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice-ripper based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg-an assignment that will reveal the true cost of entering that seductive, dangerous new world. The Vixen: A Novel Hardcover Deckle Edge, Jby Francine Prose (Author) 672 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 9.50 85 Used from 1.59 28 New from 5.36 4 Collectible from 16.99 Paperback 15.26 26 Used from 4.19 31 New from 9. Ticket $6 or Book & Ticket $36, VIRTUAL event in partnership with National JCC Literary Consortium
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