- Female impersonators, Fiction, Gay men, History
Nan King, an oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and finally meet her heroine.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Sarah Waters, Sarah Waters, Juanita McMahon
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 480
- Publisher
- Anagrama, Penguin USA, Inc., ORBIT (LITT)
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- Chinese, English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9781573227889
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“Have you ever tasted a Whitstable oyster?”
Sarah Ann Waters ((born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as *Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith*. **Source**: [Sarah Waters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Waters) on Wikipedia.
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