Chelsey Minnis grew up in Denver. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of Poemland (Wave Books, 2009), Zirconia (Fence Books, 2001), Foxina (Seeing Eye Books, 2002) and Bad Bad (Fence Books, 2007). She lives in Boulder, Colorado. She also writes screenplays.

“Minnis impishly taunts the senses in this scintillating vaudeville of vice, greed, and sexism. Through the sassy, vamp-y, diamond-adorned persona of a self-proclaimed ‘hungry tigress,’ readers are subjected to a sardonic, melodramatic monologue that was ‘inspired by classic movies’ and often feels like a lucid dream. . . . With an unparalleled sense of absurdist whimsy, Minnis runs through a litany of debaucherous and obsessive behaviors while engendering empathy, curiosity, and self-reckoning.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• ContentsIINTRODUCTIONSLAZINESSVIPs SUCCESSLARCENYHANDSOMECOMPLIMENTSROMANCE FUN & GAMESGOLDDIGGERBOREDOMGOODBYEIIDARLINGYOUBARGAININGBUSINESSSEDUCTIONARRANGEMENTSDEATHDRINKINGFIGHTSTHREATS 1REGRETTHREATS 2MURDERNERVESBREAKDOWNTHE ENDIIIDEPRESSIONRICHGENTLEMANPHILOSOPHIZINGSHOWDOWNICEBERGENGAGEDLOVEMARRIEDGREATNESSFAILUREAcknowledgments

Chelsey Minnis grew up in Denver. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of Poemland (Wave Books, 2009), Zirconia (Fence Books, 2001), Foxina (Seeing Eye Books, 2002) and Bad Bad (Fence Books, 2007). She lives in Boulder, Colorado. She also writes screenplays.

“Minnis impishly taunts the senses in this scintillating vaudeville of vice, greed, and sexism. Through the sassy, vamp-y, diamond-adorned persona of a self-proclaimed ‘hungry tigress,’ readers are subjected to a sardonic, melodramatic monologue that was ‘inspired by classic movies’ and often feels like a lucid dream. . . . With an unparalleled sense of absurdist whimsy, Minnis runs through a litany of debaucherous and obsessive behaviors while engendering empathy, curiosity, and self-reckoning.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• ContentsIINTRODUCTIONSLAZINESSVIPs SUCCESSLARCENYHANDSOMECOMPLIMENTSROMANCE FUN & GAMESGOLDDIGGERBOREDOMGOODBYEIIDARLINGYOUBARGAININGBUSINESSSEDUCTIONARRANGEMENTSDEATHDRINKINGFIGHTSTHREATS 1REGRETTHREATS 2MURDERNERVESBREAKDOWNTHE ENDIIIDEPRESSIONRICHGENTLEMANPHILOSOPHIZINGSHOWDOWNICEBERGENGAGEDLOVEMARRIEDGREATNESSFAILUREAcknowledgments

Chelsey Minnis grew up in Denver. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of Poemland (Wave Books, 2009), Zirconia (Fence Books, 2001), Foxina (Seeing Eye Books, 2002) and Bad Bad (Fence Books, 2007). She lives in Boulder, Colorado. She also writes screenplays.

“Minnis impishly taunts the senses in this scintillating vaudeville of vice, greed, and sexism. Through the sassy, vamp-y, diamond-adorned persona of a self-proclaimed ‘hungry tigress,’ readers are subjected to a sardonic, melodramatic monologue that was ‘inspired by classic movies’ and often feels like a lucid dream. . . . With an unparalleled sense of absurdist whimsy, Minnis runs through a litany of debaucherous and obsessive behaviors while engendering empathy, curiosity, and self-reckoning.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• ContentsIINTRODUCTIONSLAZINESSVIPs SUCCESSLARCENYHANDSOMECOMPLIMENTSROMANCE FUN & GAMESGOLDDIGGERBOREDOMGOODBYEIIDARLINGYOUBARGAININGBUSINESSSEDUCTIONARRANGEMENTSDEATHDRINKINGFIGHTSTHREATS 1REGRETTHREATS 2MURDERNERVESBREAKDOWNTHE ENDIIIDEPRESSIONRICHGENTLEMANPHILOSOPHIZINGSHOWDOWNICEBERGENGAGEDLOVEMARRIEDGREATNESSFAILUREAcknowledgments