Price Cut Clearance: The Queen’s Throat Opera, Homosexuality and the Mystery of Desire

This passionate love letter to opera, lavishly praised and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award when it was first published, is now firmly established as a cult classic. In a learned, moving, and sparklingly witty mélange of criticism, subversion, and homage, Wayne Koestenbaum illuminates mysteries of phantom and obsession, and has created an exuberant work of personal meditation and cultural history.