Suicide Blonde
- 2 Jul 2026
- 9781837263998
- £9.99
- 192 pp
- 135×204mm
- 17 Jan 2019
- 9781786894427
- £7.99
- 192 pp
In a few words
A neon-lit portrait of danger and desire, unravelling and reinvention
In a few words
The intensely-erotic feminist cult classic republished with a new introduction from Maggie Nelson
Like so many naturals with a singular vision and an unyielding gift, Steinke wrote a perfect book nearly right out of the gate, one which both emanates from its time and will last the test of time
Maggie Nelson
Hallucinatory, dystopian . . . a disturbing, poisonous fable of the dire consequences of derailed passion
Like so many naturals with a singular vision and an unyielding gift, Steinke wrote a perfect book nearly right out of the gate, one which both emanates from its time and will last the test of time
Maggie Nelson
Hallucinatory, dystopian . . . a disturbing, poisonous fable of the dire consequences of derailed passion
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FEVERISH ~ PROVOCATIVE ~ INTIMATE
A neon-lit portrait of danger and desire, unravelling and reinvention.
Jesse is a twenty-nine-year-old adrift in San Francisco’s demi-monde of sexually ambiguous, drug-taking outsiders, desperately trying to sustain a connection with her bisexual boyfriend. She becomes caretaker and confidante to Madame Pig, a grotesque, besotted recluse, and meets Madison – Pig’s daughter or lover or both – who leads Jesse into a world beyond all boundaries.
Suicide Blonde an intensely erotic, intoxicating story of one young woman’s sexual and psychological odyssey.
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Jesse is a twenty-nine year old adrift in San Francisco’s demimonde of sexually ambiguous, drug-taking outsiders, desperately trying to sustain a connection with her bisexual boyfriend. She becomes caretaker and confidante to Madame Pig, a grotesque, besotted recluse. Jesse also meets Madison, Pig’s daughter or lover or both, who uses others’ desires for her own purposes, and who leads Jesse into a world beyond all boundaries.
As startling, original and vital as it was when first published, Suicide Blonde is an intensely erotic story of one young woman’s sexual and psychological odyssey and a modern cult classic.
A provocative tour through the dark side
A book that feels neon-drenched, dirty, incredibly alive. The story slides around San Francisco in the 90s, with a cast of characters who feel grotesque and charismatic all at once. Incredibly vivid and captivating
Sophie Mackintosh
NZ HeraldA shocking and electrifying journey into the inferno of sexual obsession
A provocative tour through the dark side
A book that feels neon-drenched, dirty, incredibly alive. The story slides around San Francisco in the 90s, with a cast of characters who feel grotesque and charismatic all at once. Incredibly vivid and captivating
Sophie Mackintosh
NZ HeraldA shocking and electrifying journey into the inferno of sexual obsession