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In a wild surge of guilty passion, he applies a fictional treatment to a notorious murder from 1927 which turned ruth snyder and her accomplice and lover, judd gray, into icons of depravity to a. In 1927, ruth snyder killed her husband, albert, after falling in love with a. From the acclaimed author of atticus and mariette in ecstasy comes a stylish novel set in the harddrinking. Based on a real case whose lurid details scandalized americans in 1927 and sold millions of newspapers, from the acclaimed author of atticus and mariette in ecstasy. Jun, 2011 ron hansens latest novel, a wild surge of guilty passion, fictionalizes an infamous crime of sexual transgression. A wild surge of guilty passion a wild surge of guilty passion, book a novel by hansen, ron. Search central rappahannock regional library bibliocommons. Jun 06, 2011 the title a wild surge of guilty passion comes from an editorial in the new york daily mirror written by cornelius vanderbilt iii, and it too is powerfully evocative of the overstatement. Voluptuous ruth snyder, secure in her sex appeal and her ability to manipulate men, begins a torrid affair with brassiere or corset salesman judd gray. Ron hansen is the author of ten novelsincluding the kid, mariette in ecstasy, desperadoes, and a wild surge of guilty passionand two short story collections, among them she loves me not. Ron hansen is the author of ten novelsincluding mariette in ecstasy, desperadoes, and a wild surge of guilty passion and two short story collections, among them she loves me not.
Voluptuous housewife ruth snyder is bored with her older, condescending husband while judd gray, dapper corset salesman, is equally unhappy with his cold. A jazz age tale of lust and murder thats smart, fastpaced and as racy as the title implies. If you dont know about the reallife 1927 case that inspired james m. Ron hansen from the acclaimed author of atticus and mariette in ecstasy comes a stylish novel set in the harddrinking, fastliving new york city of the jazz age that follows two lovers in a torrid affair on an. Ron hansens a wild surge of guilty passion thrills to a. A wild surge of guilty passion, and the kid scribner, 2016, as well as several essay and short story collections. Ron hansen is the author of ten novelsincluding the kid, mariette in ecstasy, desperadoes, and a wild surge of guilty passion and two short story collections, among them she loves me not. Ron hansen born december 8, 1947 is an american novelist, essayist, and professor. Ron hansen is a nebraskan native and the author of numerous novels, including exiles. A wild surge of guilty passion tells the story of their affair, the murder, the police investigation and rapid extraction of confessions from both, their joint trial, and the executions within ten minutes of one another in the electric chair at sing sing. Murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed america, thunderstruck. Hansen is the author of nine novels, including his most recent a wild surge of guilty passion 2011, one collection of short stories, nebraska 1989, and a collection of essays, a stay against confusion.
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