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Who is maud dixon goodreads7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Helen Wilcox is an opera playing on a tape deck in the woods. Helen Wilcox is a lit cigarette dangling over a half empty wine glass. Our narrator, like almost everyone else, was taken by this book – we’re told the writing was brash and incisive, and the mystery of the author itself keeps the whole world talking about this one-hit-wonder.įlorence meets the real Maud – a woman named Helen Wilcox. That’s a pseudonym for an author that published a wildly successful book whose plot revolves around young girls in a small town who commit a murder. ![]() After a series of decisions leads her to blow up her current job, she lands a new gig as the assistant to a mysterious writer known as Maud Dixon. At 26, she has managed to move to New York and find a job in publishing, but her life seems stalled. She has a bit of a Tracey Flick quality about her – swap politics for a bookish literary ambition. I may not have been any more interested in spending time with Florence Darrow than her colleagues, but I was interested in what would happen to her in this book. First, you’ll have to get past the unlikability of almost all the characters in the novel – it’s a testament to Andrews’ writing that despite really disliking nearly every character I still devoured this book. ![]() Looking for an engaging, quick but literary, character-driven mystery? Spend a cozy Saturday curled up with Alexandra Andrews’ debut novel. ![]()
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