One June day in 1931 the body of a young woman was found on a lonely beach on Long Island, New York. She was bruised and there were some signs that she had been raped. It was thought that she had been murdered. She was soon identified as Starr Faithfull, a nicely brought up girl of good family, but the picture soon began to change. Starr was not what she seemed: she was sexually promiscuous, mentally unstable and, crucially, had been abused as a child by her guardian, a prominent Boston politician. A tabloid sensation in the 1930s, the story of Starr Faithfull is the basis of William Palmer's extraordinary new novel.
- ISBN10 0099593416
- ISBN13 9780099593416
- Publish Date 8 August 1996 (first published 2 March 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 March 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Vintage
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 288
- Language English