Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

Strip / Andrew Binks.

by Binks, Andrew, 1958-

View full image

Nightwood Editions, c2013.

Gay men -- Fiction.

Dancers -- Fiction.

Stripteasers -- Fiction.

Québec (Province) -- Fiction.

9780889712904 (trade pbk.)

0889712905 (trade pbk.)

John Rottam is on a journey back in time and place. Fleeing a private stripping engagement turned violent, he reflects on a time in his life when he was burdened with a broken heart, self-doubt and a floundering dance career. A few clumsy steps in the corps de ballet of a prestigious Canadian ballet company sends John fleeing to join a psychotic and incompetent dance troupe in Quebec City, run by the bitter Madame Talegdi, who all but destroys his dream of a legitimate career. Stifled by the walls of Old Quebec, limited French, and dwindling finances, John seeks out the feathers and sequins of the Chez Moritz nightclub, for a last shot at doing a little of what he loves, on the condition that he strips as well as dances. Johns fall from grace eventually lands him in a road house freak show, where he struggles to find love and a meaningful life amidst alcohol, deception, abuse and exploitation.

Canadian fiction.

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal