Title: Abbreviating Ernie
First published: 1997
Description: A husband dies while copulating with his wife in their kitchen. As she is pinned by his weight, Audrey Haas uses a carving knife to cut off his penis so she can free herself. It's the start of a hilarious time as everyone tries to exploit the event to their own end, police, reporters, lawyers, feminists, book publishers and moviemakers. By the author of The Dreyfus Affair.
Subjects: Fiction, Family violence, Mass media and criminal justice, Marital violence, Crime, New York Times reviewed
Places: New York (State)
LC classification: PS3562.E3737 A63 1997