"The demi-monde of strippers seen from a female perspective. Beneath the deceptively smooth surface of the story is a more complex train of thought--subtly satirical, shocking in effect, and surreptitiously subversive." -- Tom Newton, author of Fabian: A Cubist Biography "Full of surprises, The Girlie Playhouse subverts cliché. Alexander is a serious stylist who is not afraid to ruffle feathers." -- Charles Holdefer, author of Don't Look at Me and Ivan the Terrible Goes on a Family Picnic "Alexander's beautiful style with flowing sentences and delicious phrasing glorifies female beauty in a society which often finds it threatening and, in turn, threatens it. She writes with a light touch, apparently following Nabokov's dictum to caress the detail. Despite danger and tragedy in the background, this is a humorous and satirical novel, highly entertaining and thought provoking. I haven't enjoyed reading a novel this much since I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal (2007).

" -- Josip Novakovich, author of Infidelities and April Fool's Day.