Lola

Alba & Gorodish #4

by Delacorta

Gorodish and Alba open an information agency, learn that supposedly dead punk-rock star Lola Black is living in France, and set off to find Lola and a fortune

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Crime

160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Delacorta is a pseudonym used by Daniel Odier for some of his works, notably his Alba fiction series.

Reviews

[Kaethe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Back in the day I thought this series was so cool: sexy, and French, and awesome. I suppose it's telling that I've never felt a desire to re-read them. Nowadays the whole set up seems skeevy.

Personal copy.

[Davidg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Warning: The Alba series of books centre on the relationship between a 13 year old girl who is frequently described in sexual terms and a man in his late 30s. Although it is made clear that no sexual intercourse occurs, their sharing of beds and nudity is unsettling to the modern reader. However, the fact that Alba is more mature than most 18 year olds makes it possible to enjoy the stories despite the qualms as it hard to believe that the character described is really only 13. I suspect that Delacorta only gives her the age of 13 just to shock, he could easily have made her 15 ( the age of consent in much of Europe) without changing anything else.

Gorodish and Alba are looking for ways to make big money. They try and find a dead rockstar who might be alive and in hiding, hoping to claim the huge reward set by her father. By this point in the series, the plots are getting more and more absurd. The relationship between the two main characters and their disdain of authority and ethics is as much fun as ever. The poorest of the five I have read.

[Yami · Rating 3 out of 5]

the romance aspect exploring jealousy, mistrust and tension were nicely sprinkled- showing an interesting dynamic w the characters that have a weird age-gap. The mystery side is a slow burn and at no point did I correctly predict what would occur next although it was kinda absurd. Favorite part was when they spiked the fathers drink at the end lol what a looney.

[Simon Bate · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read....always with memories of the film 'Diva' in my head...

[The Wee Hen · Rating 5 out of 5]

***I have scored this so high because, for a time, it was one of my favourite books. Keep in mind I read it in junior high school so... it's hard to take the loves of a 14 year old me seriously. The 80's weren't exactly one's finest hour. I'm positive that if I read these books again I would have nothing to say but that these were puerile fantasies unworthy of my time.***

[Karmen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alba & Serge set up a bus to gather info. One of the replies to their ad leads them to Lola, a heavy metal singer who's supposedly died. However, her father had hired someone to killer her but he ended up holding her hostage. He had train a look alike to be her. But Alba & Serge rescue her.

[Dale Pobega · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rather flat and rushed. Not the same sparkle and style of "Diva", the bizarre quality of "Luna" (remember the dragon fly scene?) or the inspired send up of L.A you find in "Vida". Now on to "Alba"...