Hardly Knew Her
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"Lippman shows herself to be a master of short fiction....read them fast, like a glutton, or slowly to savor each one. Either way, this is a treasure. " - Library JournalHardly Knew HerIn 1975 Baltimore, thirteen-year-old Sophia has a father with a gambling problem. When he pawns her most prized possession to cover his poker debts, Sophia takes matters into her own hands -- and learns to bluff in the process. "Lippman fans won t be disappointed with these small treasures. "- Kirkus ReviewsPublishers WeeklyIt’s not Linda Emond’s fault that most of Lippman’s women who kill are white, middle-class and between the aged 30–40. Almost all live in the corridor between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., and eradicate men who have it coming to them. No wonder they tend to speak alike. The talented Emond strives with some success to individualize these murderers’ first-person narratives. In the short story “My Baby Walks the Streets of Baltimore,” Emond, who has previously read Lippman’s Another Thing to Fall, performs Tess Monaghan as the crisp and efficient detective she is meant to be. While Francois Battiste is given comparatively little to do, he shines in his reading of “Pony Girl” as the too-smooth and confident man-on-the-make who is no match for two beautiful Mardi Gras celebrants. This collection is both entertaining and forgettable, but Lippman fans will not be disappointed by these talented performances. A Morrow hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 25). (Oct.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Introduction George Pelecanos Pelecanos, GeorgePt. I Girls Gone WildThe Crack Cocaine Diet 3What He Needed 17Dear Penthouse Forum (A First Draft) 27The Babysitter's Code 36Hardly Knew Her 48Femme Fatale 66One True Love 84Pt. II Other Cities, Not My OwnPony Girl 107ARM and the Woman 116Honor Bar 131A Good Fuck Spoiled 146Pt. III My Baby Walks the Streets of BaltimoreEasy as A-B-C 161Black-Eyed Susan 172Ropa Vieja 185The Shoeshine Man's Regrets 204The Accidental Detective 219Pt. IV Scratch a WomanScratch a Woman 237Afterword 291
