{"product_id":"the-show-that-smells-9781933354712","title":"The Show That Smells","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Derek McCormack is] a whiz at fashion and other often-freaky stuff that the popular imagination latches onto . . .\" --\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcCormack begins his quirky Tod Browning-inspired tale with a disclaimer: \"This book is a work of fiction. It is a parody. It is a phantasmagoria . . . Elsa Schiaparelli was never a vampire. Shocking! by Schiaparelli never contained blood.\" The work of Schiaparelli, a 1930s Italian fashion designer, was influenced by Surrealist Salvador Dalí, and the same spirit permeates \u003cem\u003eThe Show that Smells\u003c\/em\u003e, which is set in a maze of mirrors. Schiaparelli dresses introduced playfulness and a sense of \"anything goes\" to the fashion industry. She branched into perfume and became designer to a number of film stars. In addition to Schiaparelli, this tale is about Jimmie Rodgers, a country music-singer dying of tuberculosis, and his wife, Carrie, who tries to save him by selling her soul to a devil who designs haute couture clothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarring a host of Hollywood's brightest stars, including Schiaparelli's real-life rival Coco Chanel, character actor Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, and the Carter Family (as red state vampire hunters, no less), \u003cem\u003eThe Show that Smells\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling tale of hillbillies, high fashion, and horror. An invitation to adults to make-believe, it is sure to please fashion connoisseurs, fans of classic and cult cinema, and freaks everywhere. In McCormack's world, the power of death can be bottled and sold, and it certainly smells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933354712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2009 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Derek McCormack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378683314357,"sku":"9781933354712","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cfa9fc25-56db-4016-a1ce-806179f0a8e3.jpg?v=1753159420","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-show-that-smells-9781933354712","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}