Its a landmark in englishlanguage, certainly american, gay fiction, its short and, whilst a novel from 1948 was likely to contain a few things unacceptable in the 2010s, it wouldnt be the minefield that is myra breckinridge. Insisting that she is myrons widow, myra enrolls in an acting school run by her uncle, buck loner john huston, where she meets manhungry talent. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Myra breckinridge download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Myra breckinridge mirah brehkehnridj, the novel s protagonist, who believes that the highest contemporary art form is the television commercial. No one remains untouched by the luscious myra breckinridge. Movies cited in gore vidals myra breckinridge novel. Myra breckinridge audiobook, written by gore vidal. Click download or read online button to get myra breckinridge book now.
Myra breckinridge, we were told, would be the underground novel to end all underground novels. Myra breckinridge audiobook by gore vidal, camille. Ebook myra breckinridge as pdf download portable document. Novel about sexual perversity was made into a movie in 1970 starring raquel welch as myra breckinridge, photo of her on both covers, also starred john huston, mae west, rex reed, farrah fawcett, roger herren, calvin lockhart and john carradine, cast credits on back of blurb page. It also starred john huston as buck loner, mae west as leticia van allen, farrah fawcett, rex reed, roger herren, and roger c. Neither book is in the public domain, so i will not be posting a digital copy of them. Best ebook in pdf version myra breckinridge and myron download myra breckinridge and myron or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format. Myra breckinridge is twentyseven years old when she inherits her dead husbands portion of an acting academy, which is coowned by a former singin, shootin, cowboy star of radio and. Myra breckinridgemyron penguin twentiethcentury classics. Described by the critic dennis altman as part of a major cultural assault. Buy a cheap copy of myra breckinridge myron book by gore vidal. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
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