{"product_id":"murder-bimbo-9781668214619","title":"Murder Bimbo","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eGone Girl \u003c\/i\u003efor the Luigi Mangione era, and Rebecca Novack is one of our funniest and most acerbic new writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Catherine Lacey, author of \u003ci\u003eBiography of X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe exhilaratingly twisty story of a sex worker turned political assassin on the run, \u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo \u003c\/i\u003eis an\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eunputdownable and wholly fresh take on truth, murder, and optics in our national moment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA thirty-two-year-old sex worker is shocked when she's approached by undercover government agents to aid them in a top-secret plot to assassinate a politician known as Meat Neck. But once the deed is done, she realizes what made her the perfect recruit: She's 100% disposable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Holed up in an off-the-grid cabin in the woods, she now has only two days, her wits, and a laptop to save her own life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Her best bet is to reach out to the wildly popular feminist investigative podcast \u003ci\u003eJustice for Bimbos\u003c\/i\u003e. In a hastily typed series of emails, the newly minted \"Murder Bimbo\" explains how she was recruited and then trained by a cabal of code-named US agents to take out Meat Neck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then she opens a new email. This time, it's addressed to her ex, and the facts line up a little differently... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Constructed in three increasingly unhinged acts, each a more subversive version of the story than the last, \u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e can be read as a gloriously bold literary thriller, a satirical vigilante's manifesto, or a raucous send-up of the political insanity we all live inside every day. Either way, it's a dead-serious announcement of an electric new voice in American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668214619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Novack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107829215413,"sku":"9781668214619","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7aba8cea-8a4e-44fe-96eb-40a72ed2bfe2.jpg?v=1765862580","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/murder-bimbo-9781668214619","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}