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''The G-String Murders'' is a 1941 detective novel written by famed American burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee. There have been claims made that the novel was in fact written by Craig Rice〔,Hubin, Allen J. ''Crime Fiction, 1749–1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography.'' New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1984, p. 243〕 but others have suggested that there is enough documented evidence in the form of manuscripts and correspondence to prove Lee wrote at least a large portion if not the whole of the novel herself under the tutelage of editor/friend George Davis with some essential guidance from her good friend Rice.〔Tippins, Sherill. ''February House: The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof in Brooklyn.'' Houghton Mifflin Company Publishing, 2005.〕 The novel has also been published under the titles ''Lady of Burlesque'' and ''The Strip-Tease Murders''. Set in a burlesque theater, Lee casts herself as the detective who solves a set of homicides in which strippers in her troupe are found strangled with their own G-strings. In 2005, Feminist Press of the City University of New York republished the book as one of its ''Women Write Pulp'' series. ==Plot summary== Gypsy Rose Lee narrates her way through a tale of a double murder, backstage at the "Old Opera" burlesque theatre on Forty-Second Street, New York. In a world populated by strippers, comics and costume salesman. A world where crime is part of the norm and where women struggle to earn a living and have gangster boyfriends. The narrative is a "wise-cracking" and humorous tale of murder in a burlesque house, and with the unusual weapon of the title. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The G-String Murders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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