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Paperback. BIC Classification: BG; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
In this provocative collection of memoirs, eight acclaimed writers go about the risky business of telling their own secrets. Collectively, they provide what amounts to a psychic map of American life, from the streets of New York’s East Village–where Peter Trachtenberg’s affair with a fragile ex-prostitute becomes entwined with scenes from an imaginary film noir, to the trailer parks of southern California–where, in a last-ditch bid for affection, Terminator dresses in drag and seduces his abusive mother’s boyfriend. in between, Jane Creighton has an affair with her gentle, sickly brother; Lois Gould recalls Businessman–the flamboyant gentleman who had a string ... Read more
In this provocative collection of memoirs, eight acclaimed writers go about the risky business of telling their own secrets. Collectively, they provide what amounts to a psychic map of American life, from the streets of New York’s East Village–where Peter Trachtenberg’s affair with a fragile ex-prostitute becomes entwined with scenes from an imaginary film noir, to the trailer parks of southern California–where, in a last-ditch bid for affection, Terminator dresses in drag and seduces his abusive mother’s boyfriend. in between, Jane Creighton has an affair with her gentle, sickly brother; Lois Gould recalls Businessman–the flamboyant gentleman who had a string ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Avalon Travel Publishing United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9780802135827
SKU
V9780802135827
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
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