{"product_id":"the-speed-queen-paperback","title":"The Speed Queen - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStewart O'Nan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If you haven't read Stewart O'Nan, you have some catching up to do.\"--Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Scathing and intelligent . . . Makes the skin crawl.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Stewart O'Nan's cult classic crime novel, a death-row inmate gives her confession--a hair-raising tale of sex, drugs and murder across Oklahoma--in this \"sexy, breathless, and pitch-perfect tale.\" (\u003ci\u003eDetour\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI bet everyone asks you about Jack in 'The Shining' and whether that's supposed to be you. You say no, I bet, or maybe he's just a little part of you. This'll be more like 'Dolores Claiborne' meets 'The Green Mile, ' but still...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarjorie Standiford sits on Oklahoma's death row, hours away from execution, speaking into a tape recorder, telling her life story. She's answering questions about how she became the Speed Queen, one of the Mach 6 Killers--how mainlining speed with her husband Lamont and her lover Natalie grew into dealing, how dealing grew into robbery, and robbery into mass murder. She's telling her story because she wants to set the record straight, to correct the lies in Natalie's book, which became a bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarjorie's book will be better. It will be written by a bestselling novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in Marjorie's dreamy, bemused, unforgettable voice, set against a uniquely American landscape of fast-food joints and endless highways, and scored by the blare of the dashboard radio, \u003ci\u003eThe Speed Queen\u003c\/i\u003e is a taut, violent, darkly comic story into the dark soul of America's Heartland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStewart O'Nan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eWish You Were Here\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEveryday People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Walled City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Speed Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEmily, Alone\u003c\/i\u003e. His 2007 novel, \u003ci\u003eLast Night at the Lobster\u003c\/i\u003e, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, where he lives with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289348321529,"sku":"9780802167927","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FbwnINaf4p9780802167927.webp?v=1776263237","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-speed-queen-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}