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Betrayed by Rita Hayworth

By Manuel Puig , Suzanne Jill Levine , Professor Alan Cheuse

Book information

Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Year
2009
ISBN
1564785300, 9781564785305
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
41 MB (42785888 bytes)
Series
Latin American Literature
Edition
1
Pages
222\228
Time added
2017-01-20 21:11:23
Contemporary Women;Women’s Fiction;Literature & Fi

Description

Finally back in print, Manuel Puig's celebrated first novel is a startling anatomy of a small town in thrall to its own petty lusts, betrayals, scandals, thefts, and gossip--but most of all, to the movies. Centering around a boy named Toto, privy to the town's secrets and always eager to fill in the ugly or upsetting moments of his childhood with Hollywood-inspired fantasy, Betrayed by Rita Hayworth is a symphony of disappointed, comic, bitter, and bawdy voices, all hemmed in by life's refusal to behave like the silver screen, and is perhaps the funniest and most honest coming-of-age story of its time.

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