by Gil Brewer · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429723373
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«La verge venjativa» is the suspense novel by Gil Brewer, published in 1985 by Edicions 62 in paperback (144 pages, in Catalan).
Shirley Angela, an eighteen-year-old girl, lives trapped caring for her sick and wealthy stepfather. When she meets Jack, the two devise a plan to escape that situation and get their hands on the money, but greed, mistrust and other women come between them.
The novel was originally published in English as The Vengeful Virgin in 1958. This Catalan edition belongs to the Seleccions de la Cua de Palla collection.
Recommended for readers of crime fiction, thriller and classic pulp, with an interest in criminal plots and hard-boiled atmospheres from the 1950s.
Gilbert John "Gil" Brewer was an American writer of crime novels and short stories. Born on November 20, 1922, in Canandaigua, New York, he was the son of Gilbert Thomas Brewer and Ruth Wilhelmina Olschewske. Brewer's father was a writer who also published under the name Gil Brewer, specializing in air adventure stories. The older Brewer is most often remembered for having written "Gorilla of the Gas Bags," the cover story for the rare June 1929 issue of Zeppelin Stories.
