A Hairdresser's Revenge

About the Book

This novel, set in 1963, recounts the story of Blair Fusco, an aspiring eighteen-year-old who wishes to become a successful hairstylist, and prove wrong those who regard him as queer, particularly his father.

Perceived to be homosexual, and ridiculed for his effeminate characteristics, Blair struggles to find his personal and professional identity. A first foiled romance with a lesbian and several equivocal relationships with mature women, together with his initiation into a group of local mobsters, transform Fusco into a shrewd operator.

After many adventures and vicissitudes, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his client/partner Robin Maxwell and her maid, Anne. Since Blair is the only suspect, and the police are unable to find the culprit, he is compelled to fight for his innocence.

The young hairdresser pins his hopes on a few strands of hair found in one of the corpse's hands, which he believes came from a wig, and should hold a clue as to who murdered Robin.

If Blair Fusco wants to exonerate himself and resolve the murders, he must find the culprit himself, unless he's willing to spend the rest of his days cutting hair in a penitentiary.

About the Author

After 42 years in a successful hairdressing career in Westport, Connecticut, Nicholas Mancini has taken a look behind the scenes of this little-explored industry to write his novel, A Hairdresser?s Revenge.

He is the author of Rainbows in the Fountain, a memoir of his youth in Italy during and after World War II.

Mr. Mancini resides in Connecticut, with his wife Sheila, and is currently writing a book on one of his many hobbies?gardening.