Betrayed by Rita Hayworth (Latin American Literature)

Betrayed by Rita Hayworth (Latin American Literature) by Puig, Manuel. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781564785305.

Finally back in print, Manuel Puigs 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 towns 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 lifes refusal to behave like the silver screen, and is perhaps the funniest and most honest coming-of-age story of its time.