The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend (A Nancy Clue Mystery) - Softcover

Maney, Mabel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0939416913 ISBN 13: 9780939416912

Publisher: Cleis Press, 1994

Synopsis

Parodying girl detective novels of the 1950s, the hilarious sequel to Case of the Not-So-Nice-Nurse features Nancy Clue, Cherry Aimless, their friends, Bess Marvel and George Fey--and lots of trouble in paradise. Simultaneous. IP.

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Review:

Let me be the first to state plainly that Miss Mabel Maney is a pernicious influence on American boys and girls. Her dangerous spoofs of the 1950s surely threaten the morale of impressionable young people, who must learn to accept and appreciate their proper places in life. Nancy Clue, the famous girl detective, may be able to solve exciting mysteries without displacing her shiny Titian locks, but why does her friend Midge dress like a boy, use curse words, and smoke cigarettes? And why does Nancy's sweet new girlfriend, Cherry Aimless, tremble under her starched white nurse's cap as she admires the bulging biceps of police detective Jackie Jones? I suspect that in her private life, the author freely mixes plaids with stripes and wears white after Labor Day. As for her devilish success at demeaning the finest epoch in American manners, I can only say, "Darn and double darn." --Regina Marler

About the Author:

Mabel Maney is the author The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse and A Ghost in the Closet (both available from Turnaround). She is also the author of two parodies featuring Jane Bond (James's lesbian twin sister): Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy and The Girl with the Golden Bouffant. She lives in San Francisco.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cleis Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0939416913
• ISBN 13: 9780939416912
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 291