Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
Puig, Manuel / Cheuse, Alan / Levine, Suzanne Jill
A startling anatomy of a small, Latin American town in thrall to its own petty lusts, betrayals, scandals, thefts and gossip - but, mostly, to the movies. The protagonist is Toto, a boy privy to the town's secrets and always eager to fill in the ugly or upsetting moments of his childhood with Hollywood-inspired fantasy.