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Who is your guess? Guess that character This character made her indelible mark in a novel from the 1950s and then again when she appeared in a movie adapted from the book. We meet her in the novel on a sunny day in a green city park when she encounters a former schoolmate. Our mystery character had been expelled from that school and her maliciousness is immediately evident.   Even her clothes are a clue to her nasty nature: "She was wearing a tight-fitting emerald dress several ropes of rubies and an absolutely simple white mink cloak, which reached to the high heels of her ruby red shoes…" In fact, our character revels in her gleeful malevolence, transgressing all standards of kindness and decency.   She is fabulously rich, ridiculously pampered and endlessly self-absorbed. And her family history includes some notoriously terrifying ancestors who were despised by their neighbors. When this character first came to life on the screen, she had a signature hairstyle, long red gloves and the famed white cloak.   Early drawings of her show a woman who wears a witch-like expression. One reviewer said she enters the action "like a blow torch." Her appearance would evolve as the films evolved with veiled hats, high-heeled boots and bright red lipstick. She is beautiful in an icy, frightening, villainous way. Does this character sound familiar?  And can you name the book in which she first appears When you have the answer, email me at kmiller@mpr.org — Kerri Miller | MPR News  Sponsor This week on The Thread Talking Volumes returns in 2023 for 24th season The hit author series continues for a 24th season. Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune are bringing back Talking Volumes in 2023, hosted by award-winning journalist and MPR News host Kerri Miller. Come join us at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul this fall for conversations with four new blockbuster authors. Join us at the Wordplay Festival! MPR News and YourClassical MPR will be on-site handing out bookmarks and swag and bringing YourClassical Storytime to the Youth Stage at 10:30 a.m. Come say "hi" and get a special ticket discount to this year's Talking Volumes events. See you on July 8! Ask a Bookseller: 'On the Savage Side' Aden Evosirch of the Winchester Book Gallery in Winchester, Va., recommends "On the Savage Side," by Tiffany McDaniel. It is based on a true unsolved murder case in rural Ohio where six women, known as the Chillicothe Six, disappeared from the area in 2014 and 2015. Four were later found dead. A historical swashbuckler from author David Grann The latest book from journalist and bestselling author David Grann details the true story of a 1741 shipwreck that he believes has "surprising resonance … with our own contemporary, turbulent times." 3 YA fantasy novels for summer that bring out the monsters within As we roll into the dog days of summer, these three YA novels move beyond being beastly as their protagonists transform into the creatures that lie within. Two new novels illustrate just how hard it is to find a foothold in America Brandon Taylor's "The Late Americans" is a sexually explicit, cynical novel about young people striving. "Such Kindness," by Andre Dubus III, grapples with injury, addiction, masculinity and loneliness. 3 works in translation: History and literature intertwined It is easy to act as if fiction and history were separate. But they cannot be completely divided. Jenny Erpenbeck's "Kairos" and Oksana Lutsyshyna's "Ivan and Phoebe" help readers connect with time past. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe today! Preference Center ❘ Unsubscribe This email was sent by: Minnesota Public Radio 480 Cedar Street Saint Paul, MN, 55101