
The world of splashy, sensational true crime and celebrities has always been a gold mine for storytellers. This week’s book club features three new works that look at the supposed suicide of a wonder of the art world, the kidnapping that may have inspired Nabokov’s Lolita, and the sham trial of a Victorian music hall star turned countess. Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction; sometimes, it just inspires it.
<em>An Accidental Corpse</em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Stardust-Novel-T-Greenwood/dp/1250164192?tag=bm01f-20" rel="noskim" target="_blank">Rust & Stardust</a></em>
<em>Becoming Belle</em>
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Ilana is an English professor, theatre consultant and playwright based in Toronto, Canada. When she’s not at the theatre or insisting that literary criticism can be fun, she’s singing a cappella or Mozart, occasionally harmonizing with the symphony, or playing “Under Pressure” with her rock handbell group, Pavlov’s Dogs.