Christopher: A Tale of Seduction
 

Christopher

by Allison Burnett

“Either he’s channeling Truman Capote’s spirit, or Allison Burnett has created, all by himself, one of the more assured narrative voices in recent memory. His B. K. Troop is a pitch-perfect creation: bitchy-funny with a twist of rue.” —Louis Bayard, author of Fool’s Errand and Endangered Species

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“Marry him?” Protagonist B.K. Troop scoffs at his Greek waitress in Allison Burnett's debut novel, Christopher, when she suggests he swallow a four-leaf clover in order to ensure he marry the object of his desire, his new neighbor and the title character of the book. “Good God! I only want to seduce him!” And that is precisely what B.K. sets out to do, despite the fact that Christopher is obviously heterosexual.

B.K. is a middle-aged, unemployed, bipolar, unattractive gay man. When...

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