title: In the Red: A Novel
author:  Elena Mauli Shapiro 
description: <strong>Praise for <em>In the Red</em></strong><br /><br />"<em>In The Red</em> is an absolutely dazzling book, a nuanced and haunting meditation on morality, love, crime, and belonging. In a word, this book is brilliant."<b><i>Emily St. John Mandel, author of <i>The Lola Quartet</i> and <i>Singer's Gun</i></b></i><br /><br />"<i>In the Red</i> has all the elements that make for a down-the-rabbit-hole story: it's exotic, dangerous, deviant, delicious. But this is also essential reading about sex and identity--how trauma informs first loves and relationships open old wounds. Shapiro understands the balance sheet of power between men and women better than any other writer out there. <i>In the Red</i> deserves a place beside Colette and Anas Nin on every woman's bookshelf."<b><i>Koren Zailckas, author of <i>Mother, Mother </i>and <i>Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood</i></b></i><br /><br />"A sophisticated character study... Shapiro's deft leaps forward in time and frequent use of eerie Romanian folk tales help make this dark story a multilayered literary treat."<br><b><i><i>Minneapolis Star-Tribune</i><br></b></i><br /><br />"Shapiro has written a deeply dark yet strangely uplifting second novel, about a woman beginning to find herself, discovering her own power and the tools to make use of it."<b><i>Booklist</b></i><br /><br />"Shapiro...blends elements of noir, fairy tales and revenge in this taut tale of power and identity."<b><i><em>San Jose Mercury News</em></b></i>
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