The Extra Man
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Young Louis Ives, recently fired from his teaching position for cross-dressing, moves to New York City on a whim and finds himself rooming with a flamboyant, eccentric playwright. Ames's hilarious novel follows the pair to art openings, where they pig out on free food, and transvestite bars, where Louis's obsessions are rekindled.Stephanie Zacharek[A] sure-footed exploration of sexual confusion and a . . .surprisingly moving urban comedy of manners. . . .Louis may feel as awkward as Milton Berle in dragbut inside he's really Fred Astaire — he just doesn't know it yet. —The New York Times Book Review
ContentsChapter IThe BrassiereThere's to Be No FornicationThe Young GentlemanChapter IIArrivalThe Next EventThe OperaThe Extra ManOtto Bellman and His Gang of Swiss YodelersChapter IIII Felt Connected to Women All Over AmericaPorky Pig Fell Off a CliffAn International Agreement on the Virtues of ChastityThe Recession SpankologistHot for Cockroach, Cold for LeadAre You Jewish?One of the Greatest Hoaxes of All TimeChapter IVWe All Wanted to Be That Femme FataleI Met Someone JewishAmericans Are Too Concerned with AthleticsDeep in QueensChapter VThe Jewish Duke of WindsorWere There Animals?This Is Only a Tape RecordingThe Queen Has Fifty RoomsChapter VIFour Gap-Toothed Dairy MaidensFort SchuylerBreasts, PleaseCut Off Your Hair Like SalomeYou'll Get an Erection and Then What Will I Do?You've Brought So Much Toilet Paper into My LifeChapter VIIFleas, Cars, and FloridaThe Whole City Has FleasHe Saw a Piece of Cheese and Made Havoc with ItChapter VIIIStraightishMy Analyst, Gershon GruenI Felt Something Under My RearAre You Having BMs?The Essential ManChapter IXWhatever Happened to Danny Kaye?The Men Are Still in Charge Down ThereChapter XShe Wanted MePeople Are Dying, New Ones Are Coming UpOtto Bellman Collects His MailBrassiere RevisitedDeep in Bay RidgeAll the Queens Were DeadChapter XII Was Like Don Quixote and Sancho PanzaThat's All I Have to Say About AmericaThe Life of a FugitiveI Was Like Lady MacbethThat's Very Good Cheese He's EatingLagerfeld Is Back InA Tie Is DippedChapter XIIIt's Your Fellow Old People Who Tear You DownDaphne Wants to Drink Cough Medicine and Smoke CigarettesThank You, Dear BoyLife Rushes ByYou Look Practically Middle ClassA Girl as I Must Have First Imagined GirlsRussia
