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David Grassé Author Of Red Light Districts of Tucson

From David's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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David's 3 favorite reads in 2025

David Grassé Why David loves this book

This is a wonderfully dark satirical and sardonic novel which eviscerates (literally) high Victorian culture. Having an abiding interest in Victorian and Edwardian culture and the horror genre, this had great appeal. Virginia Feito has a sly sense of humor.

By Virginia Feito ,

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3 authors picked Victorian Psycho as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Virginia Feito's Mrs. March was hailed as "a brilliant debut . . . [by] a writer who keeps pace with the grandees she invokes" (Sarah Ditum, Guardian)-from Daphne Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson to Patricia Highsmith. Now, Feito returns with her "silver-polish sentences and her eerie psychological acumen" (Constance Grady, Vox) to unleash an entirely new antihero on us all.

Grim Wolds, England: Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess-she'll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But long, listless days spent within the estate's…


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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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David Grassé Author Of Red Light Districts of Tucson

From David's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author Author Historian Arizonian Epicurian Iconoclast

David's 3 favorite reads in 2025

David Grassé Why David loves this book

Luke Short is best remembered as a gambler and gunfighter, and a friend of Wyatt Earp. This biography deconstructs the myth which has been built up around the man, and also some myths about the Old West. There was no such thing as gunfighters, just men, like Short, who occasionally had to use a gun. It also gives the reader a good idea of what it was to be a professional gambler during this era.

By Jack DeMattos , Chuck Parsons ,

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1 author picked The Notorious Luke Short as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Luke Short perfected his skills as a gambler in locations that included Leadville, Tombstone, Dodge City, and Fort Worth. In 1883, in what became known as the "Dodge City War," he banded together with Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and others to protect his ownership interests in the Long Branch Saloon - an event commemorated by the famous "Dodge City Peace Commission" photograph.

During his lifetime, Luke Short became one of the best known sporting men in the United States, and one of the wealthiest. The irony is that Luke Short is best remembered for being the winning gunfighter in two…


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