The narrator of this novel makes a list of substances such as oil, fingernails, semen, and a man's tears, and notes the occasions on which his wife covered her body with each of them.
The narrator of this novel makes a list of substances such as oil, fingernails, semen, and a man's tears, and notes the occasions on which his wife covered her body with each of them. The narrator recalls painting a model of the Acropolis with red nail polish, and repeatedly asks, "Are the stars tiny, after all?" to a woman whose image he is obsessed with, Catherine Tekakwitha. The second part of this novel consists of a "long letter" from the narrator's possibly imaginary best friend, who is known only by the initial F. This is the only other novel written by the author of The Favourite Game, and a post on Kate Beaton's tumblr describes the title group of this novel as "characters who are better appreciated after the author becomes famous doing something else." For 10 points, name this novel written by Leonard Cohen.
The narrator of this novel makes a list of substances such as oil, fingernails, semen, and a man's tears, and notes the occasions on which his wife covered her body with each of them.
{Beautiful Losers}