Barbie Just Won’t Die!

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Barbra ‘Barbie’ Jacobs may be the wrong side of forty, but she’s still beloved by her fans. Typecast as a Scream Queen from her very first horror flick, Barb’s always wanted to prove to herself that she’s more than a ‘final girl’ – the prettiest one who somehow manages not to get chopped into tiny little pieces at the end of the movie. But now her wish might be coming true. In the bathroom at this horror convention Barb finds a cheerleader in the stalls covered in blood. How cliché. But this time, it’s not from the props department – her throat’s been ripped out. As the body count rises, Barb knows she has to play the part one last time if she’s going to escape the deranged psycho serial killer who’s murdering everyone around her.

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'My new favorite slasher novel' – STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES Nightmare on Elm Street meets Barbie in this ICONIC serial killer thriller – perfect for horror fans and scream queens alike, and anyone who loves their murder bloody and pink . . .

A SERIAL KILLER? SHE'S SO OVER IT.

Barbra Jacobs is done. She's spent twenty years playing the 'final girl' – the prettiest one who gets to survive till the end of the movie – and she's had enough. She's especially done with these creepy guys at backwater horror conventions asking her to sign photos of her twenty-year-old self in underwear. She already knows this will be her last convention. And then she finds a woman with her throat slit in the bathroom. SHE'S NOT ABOUT TO GET CHOPPED INTO TINY LITTLE PIECES. It's a message for her, she's sure of it. And now the bodies are dropping as a deranged killer stalks Barb, picking off her former horror movie castmates one by one . . . She's through playing the victim. If she's going survive, Barb must give the final-girl performance of her life. BECAUSE THIS TIME, THERE'S NO ONE COMNIG TO SAVE HER. ________________________________________________________________________ Readers can't get enough of Tanya Pell's fun, feminist slasher that's perfect for Spooky Season! 'Well, that was a total banger ! The best final girl ever ! . . . one of my top 3 horror slasher favorites.' Reader review, 5 stars 'I came for the horror. I stayed because Barb Jacobs just wouldn't die… and apparently neither would my thoughts about this book.' Reader review, 5 stars 'I had an absolute ball with this book start to finish . . . I've been along for the ride walking next to Barb in killer heels.' Reader review, 5 stars 'Funny and scary in equal measure with horror references galore . . . highly entertaining from the start.' Reader review, 5 stars __________________________________________________________________ ALL YOUR FAVOURITE HORROR AUTHORS + REVIEWERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF BARB JACOBS: 'Barb Jacobs is a Final Girl for the ages . . . this is one book you absolutely don't want to miss' Gwendolyn Kiste 'GO BARB! An ode to feminine-and final girl-rage that is exactly what I needed' S.A. Barnes 'Barbie Just Won't Die! is the authentic final girl anthem that slasher fans have been screaming for' Brian McAuley 'Say hello to your new slasher obsession . . . Feminist, frightening and fantastically funny. Fans of Stephen Graham Jones will eat this up' Josh Winning 'Tanya Pell delivers a razor-sharp, unapologetic deconstruction of fame and female survival' Christa Carmen 'A glittery, campy meta-slasher, Pell delivers gnarly kills, terrible puns, a reluctant final girl and a theatrically menacing masked killer' @georgesreads 'A wildly entertaining slasher that truly understands what horror fans love while delivering something fresh and meaningful' Capes and Tights

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Weight 0.246 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.5 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

352

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K