Karen Russell
1) Swamplandia!
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Twelve year old Ava must travel into the Underworld part of the smamp in order to save her family's dynasty of Bigtree alligator wresting. This novel takes us to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine. The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator wrestling theme park, formerly no. 1 in the region, is swiftly being encroached upon...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
From the author of the novel Swamplandia!—a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—comes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories that showcases the author’s gifts at their inimitable best.
Within these pages, a community of girls held captive in a Japanese silk factory slowly transmute into human silkworms and plot revolution; a group of boys stumble upon a mutilated scarecrow that bears an uncanny resemblance
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the Pulitzer finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases her extraordinary gifts of language and imagination"--
4) Vice Academy
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Two female cops go undercover to bust a porno ring.. Starring iconic scream queen Linnea Quigley and erotic film legend Ginger Lynn Allen, the VICE ACADEMY series was a staple of late-night TV throughout the early to mid 90s.
