Playing the Angel

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-62288-023-2
Verlag: Stephen F. Austin University Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 286 g

By day, Tiff Proulx works as a living statue, posing as the Statue of Liberty for the French Quarter’s tourist trade in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. By night, she descends into the darkness costumed as the Angel of Mercy, defending and protecting the storm refugees from the thugs who pock the city’s wayward streets. But her acts of heroism are no accident: Tiff’s days as an innocent college student came to an abrupt end after a National Guardsman, pretending to be a Good Samaritan, raped her during the height of the storm’s fury.

Tiff’s skills as a living statue include extraordinary stealth and an uncanny ability to render herself completely motionless. Using these “powers,” she transforms herself into a vigilante hero, combing the Quarter to fight evil and injustice, as well as to hunt down the man who plunged her life into despair during the storm’s darkest hours.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Womack, Kenneth

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth Womack is the author of two previous novels, John Doe No. 2 and the Dreamland Motel, which won the Bronze Award in Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year competition, and The Restaurant at the End of the World. He is the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles. He is Professor of English and Integrative Arts at Penn State University’s Altoona College, USA, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.