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The Chelsea Hotel, New York, 1968. Nico, singer with The Velvet Underground, is waiting to shoot Andy Warhol's latest movie and for her lover, Jim Morrison, when her room is invaded by Valerie Solanas, radical feminist and would-be Warhol assassin. A duel to the death begins… 100 years since women got the vote, and 30 years since Valerie and Nico died, Wiseman reimagines two female pop culture icons at the epicentre of 60s cool battling for control of their own destinies.

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Femme Fatale

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    A Paperback / softback by Polly Wiseman

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      Publisher: Inkandescent
      Publication Date: 01/02/2020
      ISBN13: 9781912620067, 978-1912620067
      ISBN10: 1912620065
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      Biography: arts and entertainment

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Chelsea Hotel, New York, 1968. Nico, singer with The Velvet Underground, is waiting to shoot Andy Warhol's latest movie and for her lover, Jim Morrison, when her room is invaded by Valerie Solanas, radical feminist and would-be Warhol assassin. A duel to the death begins… 100 years since women got the vote, and 30 years since Valerie and Nico died, Wiseman reimagines two female pop culture icons at the epicentre of 60s cool battling for control of their own destinies.

      Trade Review
      "Wiseman’s writing sears and burns" – The Guardian

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