- Paperback: 278 pages
- Publisher: Rayo; Reprint edition (Nov 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 006081909X
- ISBN-13: 978-0060819095
- Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 14.2 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,424,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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On a Sunday night in December 1989, eighteen-year-old Gloria Trevi was staring at a backstage curtain and contemplating the end of her show business career. Read the first page
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On a Sunday night in December 1989, eighteen-year-old Gloria Trevi was staring at a backstage curtain and contemplating the end of her show business career. Read the first page
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Wow! What a story, what a storyteller.
2 Sep 2005
Format:Hardcover
This is one of the most sensational true-crime books I have ever read, and one reason I loved it is because it's not sensationalized. Christopher McDougall makes Gloria Trevi appear so true to life, and then peels back the layers of her on-stage persona to reveal the troubled, scary, cunning woman beneath. His characterization of the arch mastermind, Sergio Andrade, is amazing: you can't believe that a guy like that could rise to such power and remain free for so long, yet McDougall does a masterful job of showing exactly how Andrade DID get away with his secret girl-group sex cult for so long. If you're looking for a window into the dark corners of show business, sexual perversion or the perversions of wealth and power, this is it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Miami Herald book review
3 Sep 2005
Format:Hardcover
"That's where Christopher McDougall, who covered Trevi's story for The New York Times, picks up. Pretending to be an old music-industry pal of Andrade's, McDougall got into the famously fearsome Brazilian Papuda Correctional Facility to interview him. (McDougall speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese.) He also finagled his way into Gloria's cell, where she promised him the truth: "I am who I tell you I am."
In unraveling the mystery, McDougall also got close to Aline Hernandez, who was a skinny 13-year-old when Gloria plucked her from a crowd for admission to the school. Aline alleged that Sergio made her strip for her "audition," later raped her, forced her into group sex, beat her with electrical cords and, when she was 15, married her. (She was the fourth Mrs. Sergio Andrade, and not the youngest.)
So what's the weirdest thing about this story? Too close to call.
"Girl Trouble" was plucked from the headlines, but has a longer shelf life ahead of it - for one thing, Trevi's comeback album just went platinum. Beyond that, McDougall gives the book a powerful resonance by finding the larger cultural context of this singularly bizarre tale."
In unraveling the mystery, McDougall also got close to Aline Hernandez, who was a skinny 13-year-old when Gloria plucked her from a crowd for admission to the school. Aline alleged that Sergio made her strip for her "audition," later raped her, forced her into group sex, beat her with electrical cords and, when she was 15, married her. (She was the fourth Mrs. Sergio Andrade, and not the youngest.)
So what's the weirdest thing about this story? Too close to call.
"Girl Trouble" was plucked from the headlines, but has a longer shelf life ahead of it - for one thing, Trevi's comeback album just went platinum. Beyond that, McDougall gives the book a powerful resonance by finding the larger cultural context of this singularly bizarre tale."
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A compelling story told well
11 Nov 2004
Format:Hardcover
I read this book in two sittings instead of one only because I had to go to work. McDougall skillfully weaves a tale that quickly engulfs the reader. I have to admire the way one is led from sympathy for Sergio and Gloria to revulsion and a thirst for justice. This book demands an epilogue.
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