![]() ![]() The narrative then goes back in time to cover the events leading up to Haskel's final painting and abrupt career end, introducing a charming cast of queer women working as lawyers, singers, mathematicians, and witches. ![]() Haskel was famous for art showing evocatively gruesome villains threatening lovely young ladies, but his last painting instead depicts the heroine of a romantic story. In the present day, Helen Young sells the last, lost work of famous pulp cover artist Haskel to an unethical art dealer who's due for a comeuppance. Klages (Portable Childhoods) draws a loving portrait of 1930s queer San Francisco in this deftly crafted tale of love, solidarity, and magic brought full circle. ![]()
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