Little Men (Lingo Books)

by Kevin Killian

Paperback, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

PS3561.I375 L58

Collection

Publication

Hard Press Editions (1996), Paperback, 112 pages

Description

"Kevin Killian, the author of Shy and Bedrooms Have Windows, is injected with sodium pentathol and forced to reveal his most intimate secrets to a skeptical audience. In Los Angeles, the ghost of Natalie Wood appears to a dying fan. An Irish transvestite hires a bellhop for a marriage of convenience. In San Francisco a drunken father (Kevin Killian) takes his Gen X son (Josh Cherin) to the premiere of Jurassic Park. On Long Island a group of Franciscan brothers stage a beauty contest for incoming freshmen - the judgment of Paris. In Steinbeck country an autograph dealer forges mementos of Audrey Hepburn while seducing a muscle-bound ex-con in orange undershorts. On Halloween the boys from Hitchcock's Rope throw their own party in the haunted house of Usher. To steal the love of his sister's scientist husband, a San Francisco weakling turns to steroids. In 60's Manchester, David Smith falls under the spell of a strange married couple, who read him Sade, and make him murder the one boy who really loves him..."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (more)

Language

Physical description

112 p.; 7.8 inches

ISBN

1889097012 / 9781889097015

Local notes

Rare OCLC = 45
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