Betrayed by Rita Hayworth

By Manuel Puig

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564785300
• ISBN13: 9781564785305
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher