An edition of Breakfast on Pluto (1998)

Breakfast on Pluto

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An edition of Breakfast on Pluto (1998)

Breakfast on Pluto

1st ed.
  • 1.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 6 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

Set in the politically tumultuous London of the 1970s, Breakfast on Pluto follows the misadventures of Patrick "Pussy" Braden, a transvestite prostitute on a quest to find love and a place to call home. Pussy narrates his own story, occasionally pausing to direct comments at Dr. Terence, the psychiatrist who suggested he write it. Born in the border town of Tyreelin, Ireland in the mid 1950s, Pussy is the product of an encounter between the village priest and his beautiful teenaged housekeeper. Abandoned by his mother and unable to contact his father, Pussy is raised by "Whiskers," a chain-smoking, beer-guzzling foster mother. When Pussy begins demonstrating a penchant for women's clothing and female impersonations, he is booted out of his house. He finds temporary contentment with a British politician who acts as sugar daddy until he is killed by the IRA, leaving Pussy alone once more. Searching for his birth mother, Pussy winds up in London where he finds himself hustling in Piccadilly Circus. Although decidedly apolitical, the terminally exuberant Pussy cannot help being drawn into the terror around him as his friends and lovers are murdered and bombings become a regular occurrence. As he flirts with a soldier in a club one night, a bomb explodes, blowing the soldier to ribbons. When Pussy is arrested on suspicion of planting the bomb, he begins to lose his already tenuous hold on reality. Despite the obvious losses, Pussy never seems to lose hope in his dream of finding love. A courageous optimist, Pussy Braden navigates a world splintered by violence with "pastiche, wickedness and cheek." He and his story are unforgettable.

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HarperFlamingo
Language
English
Pages
202

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Cover of: Ming wang xing zao can
Ming wang xing zao can
2007, Bao ping wen hua shi ye you xian gong si
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto
1999, Picador
in English
Cover of: Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto
1998, Picador
in English
Cover of: Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto
1998, HarperFlamingo
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6063.C32 B74 1998, PR6063.C32B74 1998, PR6063.C32 B7 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 202 p. ;
Number of pages
202

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL64283M
Internet Archive
breakfastonpl00mcca
ISBN 10
0060193409
LCCN
99161426
OCLC/WorldCat
40291823
Library Thing
170617
Goodreads
1156214

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