According to the author, Something Leather combines the amenities of a novel with the variety of a short-story collection. In a series of vignettes that together provide a kaleidoscopic portrait, Gray... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Raves for Gray's leather-and-bondage Bildungsroman
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
It bewilders me that such a fine piece of work should drop out of print so quickly, while so much that's mediocre or worse gains a wide audience and many reprints. This comic and satirical novel is written in a neo-picaresque chain-of-stories form, and is a fine companion to Gray's prizewinning _Poor_Things_. Gray himself credits the inimitable Kathy Acker for the inspiration to write it. You'll never look at a woman in leather in the same way again. The nominal epilogue--really an essential part of the structure--may be the funniest part.
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