Betrayed by Rita Hayworth Book

Betrayed by Rita Hayworth is a rather experimental coming-of-age novel and it is psychologically deep. It is written as if Manuel Puig eavesdropped talks and thoughts of his personages - all those who surround the main character. And in this way the author follows the life of a boy since his infancy and till his teens.
- No, that's not the main thing, I don't agree with you Mita, pardon me. She has to be interesting! and you mustn't forget the eye shadow.
- No, but it's more interesting as if she were hiding a past. Where do those women get the courage to lead that kind of life? The jewel thieves, or the spies. Or even the smugglers. But they have another kind of life. More interesting. Because that's the main thing, that people see her pass by and say "what an interesting woman… who can she be…?"
Mita, a boy's mother, is a somewhat idealistic woman preferring to live in her romantic dreams… And Toto is his mama's boy… She is all into romantic movies so pop-culture films become the main passion of her son who is growing in a certain social isolation… And the little kid is full of fears and fantasies…
And you have to pray even if it isn't the end of the world, because in the morning Mom and Dad might be dead, they die sleeping. The end of the world begins with a storm, while everybody's sleeping and you hear some faraway thunder. And there's a flash of lightning but nobody sees it because all the windows are closed. Then rain begins to fall. And the thunder is a little louder, like a storm, but nothing else.
Time passes but the boy seems to remain outside the real world and the distance between him and society becomes wider… And The Great Waltz - the tastelessly schmaltzy and witlessly unrealistic rendering of Johann Strauss's life - is his favourite movie.
"I'm glad I'm breaking up with you, because I'm sick of your crazy talk… trying to court big girls and comparing yourself with Adhemar, and you have the nerve to criticize your cousin who's so good to you," and he tried to stop me but I went on "You think you're a big shot and you're just a little faggy sissy sticking to the girls all day long and what's all this talk about Adhemar? are you in love with him or something? well get it into your head that you'll never be like Adhemar, because all you are is a phony little fag."
What makes one to be a man apart? And what do outsiders feel about their lives?