Under the Poppy

<p>From a wartime brothel to the intricate high society of 1870s Brussels, "Under the Poppy" is a breakout novel of childhood friends, a love triangle, puppetmasters, and reluctant spies.<p>Under the Poppy is a brothel owned by Decca and Rupert. Decca is in love with Rupert but he in turn is in love with her brother, Istvan. When Istvan comes to town, louche puppet troupe in tow, the lines of their age-old desires intersect against a backdrop of approaching war. Hearts are broken when old betrayals and new alliances--not just their own--take shape, as the townsmen seek refuge from the onslaught of history by watching the girls of the Poppy cavort onstage with Istvan's naughty puppets . . .<p>"Under the Poppy" is a vivid, sexy, historical novel that zips along like the best guilty pleasure.<p>Kathe Koja's (underthepoppy.com) books include "The Cipher," "Skin," and "Extremities"; her young adult novels include "Buddha Boy," "Talk," "Kissing the Bee," and "Headlong." Her work has been honored by the ALA, the ASPCA, and with the Bram Stoker Award. Her books have been published in seven languages and optioned for film. She's a Detroit native and lives in the area with her husband, artist Rick Lieder, and their cats. "Under the Poppy" is currently being adapted for the stage.

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"The brothel of Kathe Koja's "Under the Poppy" requires no time and space coordinates. It is a fictional universe unto itself--rich and bawdy and violent and sad, with a beating human heart underneath. I love Koja's daring and flair."<br>--Louis Bayard, author of "The Black Tower" <br>"Koja can pack a lot Dickensian humor into a sentence . . . [she] takes a page from Victorian lit in her writerliness, and she reveals human nature like someone slipped her the manual."<br>--"Cleveland Plain Dealer" <br>"This book made me drunk. Koja's language is at its poetic best, and the epic drama had me digging my nails into my palms. It's like a Tom Waits hurdy-gurdy loser's lament come to life, as sinister as a dark circus."<br>--Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing <br>"Unlike anything I've ever read, a world unto itself, spun out of fevered, sensual prose and vivid, compelling characters."<br>--Lewis Shiner <br>"A gothic, glam-rock take on love and sex and death that reads a little like what wo

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