Out now: The Seventh Veil of Salome
It's out! The Seventh Veil of Salome is out now. Three women, a pinch of Hollywood glamour, mix in with drama of Biblical proportions, and enjoy. If you've read it and liked it pls tell others. Thanks so much, everyone!
Here are a couple of reviews:
"In Moreno-Garcia’s skillful hands, you’ll find the satisfaction of richly drawn characters, saturated settings and deftly constructed plot twists. Inhaling her backlist has been the unexpected delight of my summer. No matter the genre — gothic, horror, noir — she’ll embody its essence with a verve all her own. “The Seventh Veil of Salome,” Moreno-Garcia’s 10th novel, is an old Hollywood tale crossed with fire and brimstone. And like her previous works, it’s a compulsive page turner... [and] a shrewd examination of faith and desire."—The New York Times Book Review
“There is magic in the work of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, even when the story she’s pursuing isn’t overtly magical. The genre-bending novelist (Mexican Gothic, Silver Nitrate) infuses every page with a sense of mythic power, ensuring that readers will be gripped, while also channeling the feeling of a fairy tale that could turn dark at any moment." —BookPage, starred review
Here are a couple of reviews:
"In Moreno-Garcia’s skillful hands, you’ll find the satisfaction of richly drawn characters, saturated settings and deftly constructed plot twists. Inhaling her backlist has been the unexpected delight of my summer. No matter the genre — gothic, horror, noir — she’ll embody its essence with a verve all her own. “The Seventh Veil of Salome,” Moreno-Garcia’s 10th novel, is an old Hollywood tale crossed with fire and brimstone. And like her previous works, it’s a compulsive page turner... [and] a shrewd examination of faith and desire."—The New York Times Book Review
“There is magic in the work of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, even when the story she’s pursuing isn’t overtly magical. The genre-bending novelist (Mexican Gothic, Silver Nitrate) infuses every page with a sense of mythic power, ensuring that readers will be gripped, while also channeling the feeling of a fairy tale that could turn dark at any moment." —BookPage, starred review
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just bought this and so exxcited to read!!!!
I absolutely fell in love with this novel. Is there anything that Silvia Moreno-Garcia can't write? Here she masterfully weaves three scenarios together - the casting of a Mexican unknown, Vera Larios, for the lead in a big budget Biblical epic, a party girl, Nancy Hartley, who is furious that she didn't get the coveted role of Salome, and the story of Salome herself. Moreno-Garcia has perfectly captured the corrupt mendacity and egomania of Golden Age Hollywood with delectable melodramatic flair. Nancy is a blatant racist with a venomous temper who uses men to get what she wants. Vera has to deal with an overbearing mother who has always favored Vera's sister Lumi, and a co-star who pesters her with unwanted advances on the set.
Equally engrossing is the story of Salome herself, who falls madly in love with the prophet Jokanaan, while skillfully fighting off the advances of several suitors, and cunningly appeasing her scheming and treacherous mother, Herodias, and lecherous uncle/stepfather, Herod Antipas. The prose is artfully elevated here, rich with political and personal intrigue. Garcia-Moreno's storytelling gifts have reached new heights with this splendid work.