Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

I can' believe that tomorrow is already October! We're reading the noir classic Bunny Lake is Missing by Evelyn Piper this month.

Originally published in 1957, this novel was brought back into print by the Feminist Press at City University of New York as part of their Femmes Fatales imprint, which restores to print the best of women’s writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Enjoy the series: Bedelia; The Blackbirder; Bunny Lake Is Missing; By Cecile; The G-String Murders; The Girls in 3-B; In a Lonely Place; Laura; Mother Finds a Body; Now, Voyager; Skyscraper; Stranger on Lesbos; Women's Barracks.

I haven't sourced my copy yet, although it is available for kindle in the U.S. I'm hoping to get to it this coming weekend!

I'm going to read this one.

I’ve just started.

I bought mine for about £14 ($20 USD maybe?)

Also if you want to read another book by this author instead, The Nanny is super cheap on the kindle.

I’m enjoying the book so far. I’m very much empathizing with Blanche. Piper does a great job of portraying Blanche’s thinking as she’s searching for Bunny and interacting with the other characters. It’ll be interesting to see how the story will be resolved.

There is a film version of the book. My husband was watching it on Turner Classic Movies a couple of weeks ago, in a different room. I asked him not to tell me anything about it, in case I get a chance to read the book sometime.

Rosemarie wrote: "There is a film version of the book. My husband was watching it on Turner Classic Movies a couple of weeks ago, in a different room. I asked him not to tell me anything about it, in case I get a ch..."

yes you won't want to know. It was changed to take place in London, an excellent film, which I have seen quite a lot.

This book was fun! I enjoyed the drama of it all. I really didn't know what was going to happen until the very end.

Don't read the back cover of the book! My copy had a bit of a spoiler.

Thanks for the warning, Kathy.

Kathy wrote: "This book was fun! I enjoyed the drama of it all. I really didn't know what was going to happen until the very end.

Don't read the back cover of the book! My copy had a bit of a spoiler."

I enjoyed it also, Kathy, and like you didn't figure it out until the end. I call that good mystery writing.

Well I have read the book now and this is rare for me but i would have to say that I much preferred the film!

I gave it 5-stars although I was thinking I should give it 4, but my personal rating is: If i would like to read it again it gets 5-stars. So 5-stars it is!

Great book really. I'm glad I nominated it last year so that I ended up reading it ☺️

It was a great choice, Jazzy. My copy was published as part of the Femmes Fatales: Women Write Pulp series from the Feminist Press at the City University of New York.

But my cover is different - bright orange title and bright orange spine. The cover isn't on GR. I think the publisher used the actors from the movie on the cover.

Yes Kathy I have the same one. It's out of print on the website now. Nice book. I loved the author description in the back.

It is a nice book. It even feels good to the touch!

Oh yes and the pages are so gloriously thick and aesthetic!

Where did you get yours Kathy? I got mine at the bookshop Waterstone's in the Newcastle city centre. They no longer have any copies left.

Through Amazon in the U.S. They have a few others from that series available.

I will go to the UK site and have a look, thanks!