Title: The escape artist
First published: 1997
Description: A tale of sex, deception, magic and love in the brothels and gangster dens of Jewish Buenos Aires at the turn of the century. Sofia is tricked into prostitution and is somersaulted into the life of the magician Hankus. Together the two women encounter the racketeers, whores and pimps of the ghetto.
Subjects: Fiction, Jewish women, Lesbians, Fiction, general, LGBTQ historical fiction, Stonewall Book Awards, Buenos aires (argentina), fiction, Fiction, lgbtq+, lesbian, Argentina, fiction
Places: Buenos Aires (Argentina)
LC classification: PS3561.A757 E83 1997