Lost Empress
A Novel
Readers rate it 4.0 (2 on Hardcover)
642 pages · Released Apr 16, 2019 · Vintage
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Lost Empress is an adult literary fiction novel with dark humor and complex themes centered on revenge, crime, and morality rather than children's or YA content. While the plot involves a prison setting and a crime mastermind, the tone is comedic and absurdist rather than graphically violent. The novel's sophisticated satire, adult language, and mature themes about corruption and justice make it unsuitable for younger readers, though it lacks extremely graphic content.
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From the publisher
FROM THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF A NAKED SINGULARITY Led by a renegade young owner out for revenge against her traitorous family, the Paterson Pork—New Jersey’s only Indoor Football League franchise—is challenging the Dallas Cowboys for championship glory. Meanwhile, a brilliant and lethal masterm... FROM THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF A NAKED SINGULARITY Led by a renegade young owner out for revenge against her traitorous family, the Paterson Pork—New Jersey’s only Indoor Football League franchise—is challenging the Dallas Cowboys for championship glory. Meanwhile, a brilliant and lethal mastermind has gotten himself intentionally thrown into prison on Rikers Island with plans to commit the most audacious crime of all time. And is the world ending? Maybe. Filled with impossible triumphs and grave injustices, Lost Empress is another brilliant, hilarious, and eccentric masterpiece from Sergio de la Pava: a vibrant exultation of a novel, populated by a cast of unforgettable characters—immigrants, exiles, and outsiders—who will have you rooting for them, right up until the end.
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- Fiction, humorous
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ISBN 9780525436218 · Vintage