Everyone is talking about Myra Breckinridge - and everything you have heard about her is true

'Nothing in the versatile Vidal's past will quite prepare the reader for Myra Breckinridge' Time

'A masterpiece' The Listener

'Shocking some, tickling others, and outraging many' Newsweek

'A genuinely, brutally witty book, a parody on Hollywood, pop intellectualism, pornography and just about anything else you could name' New York Times

'Myra should be enjoyed as a romp, but the harsh accurate social satire must be digested' New Statesman