The Burning of Los Angeles.
One character in this novel forces her child to pluck his eyebrows and dress like a man, while he sings a song with sexually suggestive gestures. A preacher in this novel speaks about The Tiger of Wrath and the Jackal of Lust. Miguel and Earle dance with a major female character in this novel, who had earlier attended a party which featured a pool filled with a rubber replica of a dead horse. The protagonist of this novel ends it by imitating a police siren in hysteria, and he attempts to fulfill his dreams by working on the painting The Burning of Los Angeles. That protagonist is friends with a man named Homer Simpson, who maintains the prostitute Faye Greener. For ten points, identify this novel about Hollywood set designer Tod Hackett, which was written by Nathaniel West.
One character in this novel forces her child to pluck his eyebrows and dress like a man, while he sings a song with sexually suggestive gestures.
The {Day of the Locust}