Myra Breckinridge - (Vintage International) by Gore Vidal (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Finally back in print -- Gore Vidal's outrageous and immortal, gender-bending and polymorphously perverse, over-the-top, and utterly on-target comic masterpiece. "I am Myra Breckinridge, whom no man will ever possess." So begins the irresistible testimony of the luscious instructor of Empathy and Posture at Buck Loner's Academy of Drama and Modeling. Myra has a secret that only her surgeon shares; a passion for classic Hollywood films, which she regards as the supreme achievements of Western culture; and a sacred mission to bring heteronormative civilization to its knees. Fifty years after its first publication unleashed gales of laughter, delight, and ferocious dissent ("Has literary decency fallen so low?" asked Time), Myra Breckinridge's moment to instruct and delight has once again arrived"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>The outrageous and immortal, gender-bending and polymorphously perverse, over-the-top, and utterly on-target comic masterpiece from the bestselling author of </b><b><i>Burr</i></b><b>, </b><b><i>Lincoln</i></b><b>, and the National Book Award-winning </b><b><i>United States</i></b><b>. </b><br><b> </b><br><b>With a new introduction by Camille Paglia</b></b> <p/>I am Myra Breckinridge, whom no man will ever possess. <p/>So begins the irresistible testimony of the luscious instructor of Empathy and Posture at Buck Loner's Academy of Drama and Modeling. Myra has a secret that only her surgeon shares; a passion for classic Hollywood films, which she regards as the supreme achievements of Western culture; and a sacred mission to bring heteronormative civilization to its knees. <p/>Fifty years after its first publication unleashed gales of laughter, delight, and ferocious dissent (Has literary decency fallen so low? asked <i>Time</i>), <i>Myra Breckinridge</i>'s moment to instruct and delight has once again arrived.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Gore Vidal</b> (1925-2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, <i>Williwaw</i>, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir. <p/>CAMILLE PAGLIA is the University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. A regular contributor to Salon.com, she is the author of <i>Glittering Images</i>; <i>Break, Blow, Burn; Vamps & Tramps</i>; <i>Sex, Art, and American Culture</i>; and <i>Sexual Personae. </i>
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