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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780786715213
ISBN number: 0786715219
Label: Carroll & Graf
Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: April 10, 2005
Publishing house: Carroll & Graf
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In this madcap novel, Drama Desk Award winner Charles Busch brings to the page the plot twists and flamboyant, appealing characters that made his Vampire Lesbians of Sodom one of the longest-running plays in Off-Broadway history. Set in downtown New York City, Whores of Lost Atlantis features Julian Young, a performer and playwright who tells the story of his acting troupe’s hilarious struggle to assemble an Off-Broadway production of Julian’s play, Whores of Lost Atlantis, in which Julian acts in drag. The novel’s unforgettable cast of characters includes Joel, a perfect English gentleman from Indiana; Roxie, an actress - librarian with moxie; Buster, a voluptuous young alcoholic; Camille, the fiery wig designer Julian considers having an affair with; Perry, Julian’s best friend, with a weakness for plastic surgery and peroxide; and Kiko, the wonderfully wicked performance artist who tries to sabotage Julian’s career. Getting his play produced proves to be a picaresque adventure with plenty of surprises, leaving the reader feverishly turning pages to see if the show can go on.
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The book is a detailed and humourous account of how Mr. Busch created his theatre company and wrote his plays. Especially worth reading if you're interested in Charles Busch, in theatre, in drag, in New York's East Village, or in gay artists.
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_I ordinarily do not read humorous novels more than once. The only exceptions would be _A Confederacy of Dunces_ By John Kennedy Toole and _The Big U_ by Neale Stephenson. I would not hesitate to put this book in that class.
_I get a sense here that Busch must have indeed "written what he knew" because it just comes across as so fresh and uncontrived. These are real people, in a real madcap Village world. You actually end up CARING about them, which is rare for a modern novel.
_Yes, I consider this book to be a "guilty pleasure", but that's because I grew up wanting to be an artist and a bohemian- and ended up an engineer in suburbia. At least in this book I can vicariously live an interesting and creative life around interesting and creative people....
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Charles Busch is the author and original star of Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, and this, his very first novel, is basically the fictionalized account of the creation of that play. And it's not exaggerated at all, really, I mean it, really! Theatre people never exaggerate, right? It holds up--amusing for anyone who's ever worked in the theatre or has had anything to do with performance artists and/or drag queens. Memorable, outrageous but completely-believable characters (once you buy into the narrator's POV). Kind of an artistic thriller--will the show go on? Who's sleeping with whom? And why? Whose persona will Julian Young adopt next? Quite fun. I hesitate to label this as "summer reading," but I'd bring it to the beach and let the passers-by wonder what I was laughing at...
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I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to have a good time. It is obviously based on Busch's own life, but that is what makes it so funny. He is one of the funniest, most gifted playwrites aound and his talent translates easily to the novel. I wanted this book to keep going. I still haven't found anything as hilarious since this was published.
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Charles Busch's roman a'clef novel is great, great fun. A theatrical backstage romp, similar in style to Armistead Maupin's "Tales Of The City" series. Though not as much fun as seeing one of Busch's incomperable live performances (He is a truely brilliant comic actor, one of the most skilled I've ever seen!) it is still a joy from begining to end, and surprisingly touching as well. You can't spend time better than in the company of Mr. Busch. I'm buying extra copies to give to my friends, becuse I'm sick of loaning out mine!
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