Wicked Baby Author:Tara Hanks It?s 1960, and a seventeen year-old girl is alone in London. While working as a dancer in a club, she meets a jaded society doctor who introduces her to rich and powerful men. But Christine Keeler is much more than just another empty-headed beauty. Privy to secrets that threaten the heart of government, she is hunted down and forced to tell the ... more »truth as she sees it. 'Wicked Baby' is a novella based on the events of the Profumo Affair, a tale of innocence corrupted that dares to imagine the complex desires and motives behind a very English scandal. "Tara has the ability to creep under the skin of her subject matter without making judgments ? her bravery and her natural-born writer?s empathy rewarded her with a novella that must be the most unique work of ?faction? that I have read this year." ? Binnacle Press "The simple factual tone blends the efficiency of journalism with the immediacy of fairytale ? the sweep across all the major figures convincingly portrays the atmosphere of the dawning of the Sixties." ? Alwyn W. Turner, author of 'Halfway to Paradise' and 'The Biba Experience' "This is as fine an introduction to the Profumo Affair as you are ever likely to meet." ? Tregolwyn Book Reviews« less