Suicide Blonde
Darcey Steinke
“Was it the bourbon or the dye fumes that made the pink walls quiver like vaginal lips?”
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2 July 2026
A neon-lit portrait of danger and desire, unravelling and reinvention
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.
“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
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“Hallucinatory, dystopian … a disturbing, poisonous fable of the dire consequences of derailed passion”
new York Times
“A provocative tour through the dark side”
vanity Fair
“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 Herald
“A shocking and electrifying journey into the inferno of sexual obsession”
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Darcey Steinke
Darcey Steinke is the author of five novels including Sister Golden Hair, Jesus Saves, Up Through the Water and Milk, and a memoir Easter Everywhere. Her books have been translated into ten languages. darceysteinke.com
