The Dead Girls

The Dead Girls

Serafina Baladro and her sister run a successful brothel business in a small town, so successful that they begin to expand. But when business starts to falter, life in the brothel turns ugly, and girls start disappearing. Based on real events, the story of serial-killing brothel owners Delfina and María de Jésus González, whose crimes were uncovered in 1964, The Dead Girls is a deliciously satirical black comedy--a potent blend of sex and mayhem. Written in the laconic tones of a police report, it cleverly uncovers the hopeless pedantry of a broken justice system, and the dark world of prostitution.
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Beatriz Aguiar@alchemistta
4 stars
Jan 22, 2023

this isn't haha funny but it's definitely one of the funniest books I've ever read in that "it shouldn't be funny" way 2 sisters, one brothel, loads of murders and just all around shitty behaviour. at one point a guy is like "sure, i ordered her to beat her friend with a stick but when her friend was nearly dying I did the right thing, I was humanitarian and took the stick away from her" - if this isn't straight man audacity i don't know what is

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