My Tender Matador - Pedro Lemebel but then their game starts

but then their game starts to take over

schoolgirl crushes

guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters

his exacting attention to psychological complexity and social pretension

My Tender Matador - Pedro Lemebel but then their game startsIt is spring 1986 and Santiago's streets are aflame with protests against the dictator Augusto Pinochet. From her lavishly decorated hovel, the Queen of the Corner embroiders linen for the wealthy, dreams of romance and listens to boleros to drown out the rioting and gunshots. When handsome young macho Carlos waltzes into her life, the ageing queer swiftly agrees to help with his clandestine activities. As a strange connection blooms, their fates