← Manuel PuigBetrayed by Rita Hayworthby Manuel PuigNarrative of mother's life told through conflated memories and Hollywood cinemaFind on Amazon↗About the authorManuel PuigArgentine novelist who used soap opera, film dialogue, and pop culture to create radically innovative fiction about gender, desire, and politics. Kiss of the Spider Woman is his masterwork, later adapted as a famous play and film.More by Manuel PuigKiss of the Spider WomanNovel of political prisoner and transgender woman bonded in cell by cinema→Heartbreak TangoNovel mixing melodrama, tango, and illicit romance in mid-century Argentina→The Buenos Aires AffairCrime thriller of sexual obsession and psychological terror in Buenos Aires→
