{"id":934,"date":"1992-07-07T21:14:27","date_gmt":"1992-07-08T02:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=934"},"modified":"2012-07-07T21:19:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T02:19:13","slug":"in-the-game-a-virginia-kelly-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/in-the-game-a-virginia-kelly-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Game: A Virginia Kelly Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The GLBTRT has been reviewing books and movies in its newsletter since the early 1990s. Trace the evolution of queer publishing through these historic reviews. This review was originally\u00a0published in\u00a0<a title=\"Read this issue online. \" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/glbtrt\/sites\/ala.org.glbtrt\/files\/content\/newsletter\/newsletters\/1992spring.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 1992<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-935\" style=\"border: 0pt none; float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px;\" title=\"in the gam\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/in-the-gam.jpeg\" alt=\"Cover of In The Game\" width=\"196\" height=\"299\" \/><a title=\"Find this book in a library near you!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/24010926\">In the Game: A Virginia Kelly Mystery. By Nikki Baker. Naiad Press, 1991. Paper. $8.95. (ISBN 1-56280-004-3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are introduced to Ginny Kelly in this first\u00a0novel of a new Black writer&#8217;s mystery series. Ginny and\u00a0her friend Bev are two of the few Black graduates of the\u00a0business administration school of a &#8220;vine covered white\u00a0people&#8217;s institution.&#8221; The first person narrative form\u00a0draws us into Ginny &#8211; a cynical, self-deprecating, heavy\u00a0drinking, upscale, Chicago lesbian working in financial\u00a0services. She tickles our funny bones, reminds us that we\u00a0are none of us saints, and succeeds as anti-heroine. Bev&#8217;s\u00a0new lover Kelsey is found shot to death in the alley behind\u00a0a lesbian bar, and Ginny involves herself in finding the\u00a0murderer. She indulges in a short affair with an obsessive,\u00a0pursuing woman; learns of the suicide of a business\u00a0associate of the murdered woman; and flies to Boston for\u00a0further sleuthing.<\/p>\n<p>Ginny has a keen grasp of human nature,\u00a0responding to, &#8220;Would you ever marry a white man?&#8221;\u00a0with an honest &#8220;No.&#8221; Even though Ginny is not trying to\u00a0hide her lesbianism, the naive co-worker remains\u00a0unenlightened &#8211; and unaware she&#8217;s unenlightened.<\/p>\n<p>This is an enjoyable &#8220;read&#8221; &#8212; strong on character\u00a0development and easy on details about murdering and\u00a0corpses. There is some sexual activity, and the author\u00a0treats it off-handedly, casually fading away from any\u00a0explicit descriptions.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended for larger collections of contemporary lesbian fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Dana Artemis Fogg<br \/>\nMLS Student<br \/>\nTexas Women&#8217;s University<br \/>\nDenton, &#8216;IX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GLBTRT has been reviewing books and movies in its newsletter since the early 1990s. Trace the evolution of queer publishing through these historic reviews. This review was originally\u00a0published in\u00a0Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 1992. In the Game: A Virginia Kelly Mystery. By Nikki Baker. Naiad Press, 1991. Paper. $8.95. (ISBN 1-56280-004-3) We are introduced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,18,46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}