Elsewhere, the narrator brags to the piano teacher Herminia
One section of this work consists of a school competition essay by its narrator, while its dialogue-only first two chapters is followed by a diary entry about the Charity Show at P.S. 3.  Elsewhere, the narrator brags to the piano teacher Herminia (*) that he reads "almost a book a day".  Alan Cheuse compares it to a 1961 Walker Percy story and titles it "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Moviegoer".  Centering on the uJose Casals, aka Toto, for 10 points, name this first novel by Manuel Puig.
One section of this work consists of a school competition essay by its narrator, while its dialogue-only first two chapters is followed by a diary entry about the Charity Show at P.S. 3.  
{Betrayed} by {Rita Hayworth} [or La {Tracion} de {Rita Hayworth}]