James McCourt

Joyce Beckett Waugh Gaddis Mexican soap operas the 3 tenors Callas the silver fox American Idol Newyorkography Schoenberg, Berg, Vivaldi, Puccini, Wagner, Janacek Yeats in his crazy Irishman mode fabulous. Ignore the grating introduction ("McCourt's subsequent work go even farther into the lunatic fringe, the only place where I feel at home"), don't worry about not keeping track of the characters, and enjoy.

New York, queer, USA, sociology, culture

This is a delightful novel. The protagonist, the title character whose name is pronounced "More-dew Gorgeous" is an opera diva. Wonderful writing about opera, theater, and temperamental artists.