I am looking for a literary agent who loves revenge books. I would appreciate some help!
I am looking for a literary agent for my book, The Art of Revenge. I would like to find someone who loves revenge books. If you are a literary agent or if you know one who would appreciate a good revenge book written from a feminist perspective, please, contact me: mjmandoki@gmail.com
The following is the description of my work:
My proposed story The Art of Revenge is not new in concept; in fact, the story is as old as humanity. The wife, Georgia, discovers that her husband, Maurice, is cheating on her with another woman. She decides to take revenge on both her husband and his mistress. What is new is her solution to the situation. On the one hand, it would be tempting for some to just judge her action as immoral and demand that she take the morally right steps. On the other hand, it would be tempting for others to desire a cheesy Hollywood story-ending where the bitter wife takes revenge on the sinful lovers and then drives into the sunset. However, Georgia realizes on her journey that life is not that simple. She takes her feminist inspiration from her aversion to a typical politician’s wife who holds her cheating husband’s hand in front of the cameras while he apologizes profusely for having hurt his family and his country. Georgia knows that she could never become such a passive and meek woman as the politician’s wife. She has rage inside that she needs to unleash. Nevertheless, she also learns to appreciate the complexity of her situation. She is not a cold-hearted woman. She knows that, despite his betrayal, her husband is the love of her life. Ultimately, with her private investigator friend, Olivia, and her outlaw biker acquaintance, Skinny Tyler, she handles the situation in her own unique way.
This contemporary story is generally classified as a crime thriller because of its revenge aspect. However, it also possesses elements of romance, philosophical and psychological fictions, and comedy. The inspiration for this story came from several sources representing these elements: Emily Brontё’s Wuthering Heights (1847), Stiegg Larsson’s The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Net (2009), and Olivia Goldsmith’s First Wives Club (1992). Also, a series of philosophical works mainly from Simone De Beauvoir, bell hooks, and Jacques Derrida guides the characters’ insight into the complicated matter of revenge-taking.
My work is approximately 87,000 words in length and I have written it in third person limited perspective following the main character. I have also edited the work based on Renni Browne and Dave King’s guide book Self-Editing For Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (2004).
Many thanks for the help in advance.
