Perfume & Pain

You'll feel like you're reading a feminist Charles Bukowski novel.

This modern story of a 20 something trying to get her life together draws so much from the lesbian pulp novels of the 1950s both in theme and style. A drug and drink addled novelist navigates her love life while obsessing over expensive perfumes and classic novels. If you love Valley of the Dolls, Patricia Highsmith, celebrity culture, this will be just the ticket.