![]() ![]() “Mrs Wealdon’s a stinker and I’d like to murder her and write a sequel to her book” I submit this review for Bev’s Vintage Scavenger Hunt and Friday’s Forgotten Books meme hosted today by Todd Mason at his fab Sweet Freedom blog. The idea behind Packer’s book is simple and clever: what if one of the real people behind the thinly disguised characters in the book took umbrage and decided to get even? ![]() ![]() Originally published as a Gold Medal paperback, her novel is a smart and deliciously back-handed riff on Grace Metalious’ Peyton Place, the sensationalist small town exposé modelled on the uncouth author’s own life. In the 50s and 60s ‘Vin Packer’ was the pulp fiction alter ego of Marijane Meaker, better known today as YA author M.E. ![]()
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