An Unkindness of Ravens An Unkindness of Ravens An Unkindness of Ravens is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell. It was first published in 1985, and features her popular protagonist Inspector Wexford, and is the 13th entry in the series. On American publication, it was shortlisted for the MWA Edgar Award, alongside another Rendell novel, "The Tree of Hands", meaning she has the remarkable distinction of being one of only two authors in the award's history to have had "two" novels on the shortlist in any one year (the other being Charlotte Armstrong). "Ravens" was adapted as a play by theatre professor Joel
Flaming Creatures laws. Mekas and Susan Sontag mounted a critical defense of "Flaming Creatures", and it became a "cause célèbre" for the underground film movement. Most of the film's characters are sexually ambiguous, including transvestites, intersex, and drag performers. "Flaming Creatures" is largely non-narrative, and its action is often interrupted by cutaways to close-ups of body parts. The film opens with credit sequence set to the soundtrack of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" and the announcement that "Ali Baba comes today." Two creatures laze in a garden and dance. In what Smith called the "smirching sequence", characters apply lipstick while a