The lucky star /

"After being initiated into a coven of island witches, Neva begins to fulfill her fate in a Tenderloin dive bar. Her worshippers include Richard, the introverted, alcoholic, occasionally omniscient narrator; a profane, aggressive transgender sex worker named Shantelle; the brisk but motherly ba...

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Main Author:	Vollmann, William T. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[New York] : Viking, [2020]
Subjects:	Witches > Fiction. Marginality, Social > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Bars (Drinking establishments) > California > San Francisco > Fiction. Tenderloin (San Francisco, Calif.) > Fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) > Fiction. Domestic fiction. Novels.

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Summary:	"After being initiated into a coven of island witches, Neva begins to fulfill her fate in a Tenderloin dive bar. Her worshippers include Richard, the introverted, alcoholic, occasionally omniscient narrator; a profane, aggressive transgender sex worker named Shantelle; the brisk but motherly barmaid Francine; and the former Frank, who has renamed herself after her idol Judy Garland. When Judy starts to love Neva too much, Judy's retired policeman boyfriend embarks on a mission of exposure and destruction."--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:	655 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-652).
ISBN:	9780399563522 0399563520