Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction: Small Talk 1
5. 1. The Novel Truth 17
6. 2. The Sheep Pen Murder 38
7. 3. Scenes of Writing 54
8. 4. The Other Side of Writing 70
9. 5. The Gendered Eye 93
10. 6. Sex Talk 106
11. 7. The Women of Peyton Place 126
12. 8. Excitable Fictions 146
13. Epilogue: Memento Mori 177
14. Notes 189
15. Index 211