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Hornito: My Lie Life

Autor Mike Albo
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 sep 2001
“A gay coming-of-age story that’s rip-roaringly funny and sympathetic.”—People
David Sedaris and Sandra Bernhard rolled into one, Mike Albo offers his own unique, witty, and touching tale on being young, single, and gay in today's media-obsessed culture.
Juxtaposing a trip to his childhood home—where he has retreated to try to make some sense of his hectic existence in New York City—with memories of growing up gay in seventies suburbia, Albo creates "Mike Albo." This character's memories are from a fictitious life that's outrageous, hilarious, and embarrassingly real. From a typical suburban childhood to his perpetual search for true love, Albo evokes a poignant, nostalgic past and a vibrant, energetic present. By turns vulnerable and jaded, flamboyant and obsessive, Hornito is full of subversive humor and outrageous irony.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780060937102
ISBN-10: 0060937106
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperPerennial

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Juxtaposing a trip to his childhood home -- where he has retreated to try to make some sense of his hectic existence in New York City -- with memories of growing up gay in seventies suburbia, Albo creates "Mike Albo." This character's memories are from a fictitious life that's outrageous, hilarious, and embarrassingly real. From a typical suburban childhood to his perpetual search for true love, Albo evokes a poignant, nostalgic past and a vibrant, energetic present. By turns vulnerable and jaded, flamboyant and obsessive, Hornito is full of subversive humor and outrageous irony.

Recenzii

Hornito is a wonder: sexy, fiercely observant, unmistakably sad, and wildly funny all at once, this book seems to take the pulse of the last three decades of American life.” — Mark Doty
“A scandalously savage riff on growing up suburba-gay.” — Vanity Fair
"Hilarious and moving." — Village Voice
“A gay coming-of-age story that's rip-roaringly funny and sympathetic. The title refers to a type of volcano.” — People
“Sharp and mordant.” — New York Times Book Review

Notă biografică

Mike Albo is a writer and a performer. He grew up mostly in the suburbs of Virginia. He has performed three solo shows, Mike Albo; Spray; and Please Everything Burst, each cowritten with Virginia Heffernan. Selections from these shows appear in Extreme Exposure: Solo Performance Texts from the 20th Century, edited by Jo Bonney. He also wrote a play called Sexotheque. He is a founder of the reknowned Dazzle Dancers. He lives in Brooklyn right now and wants to make sure you know he hasn't settled into that pleasant, calm, brownstoney life that these book bios always seem to imply.