Man of my dreams Book

	Preface
	Introduction
	from A Home at the End of the World	2
	from Scissors, Paper, Rock	7
	from The Liar	11
	from Invisible Life	14
	from The Spelling Lesson	18
	from Brideshead Revisited	26
	from The Object of My Affection	28
	Life Story	32
	from The Folding Star	34
	from Love! Valour! Compassion!	39
	The First Kiss	42
	from Reprise	44
	from Spontaneous Combustion	49
	from The Weekend	50
	from Martin and John	55
	from The Mute Boy	57
	from A Stone Boat	64
	from Baseball in July	68
	from Fag Hag	72
	from Secret Lives	76
	Rosen's Son	79
	from Further Tales of the City	88
	from The Bold Sailor	91
	from Life Drawing	94
	from Parade	96
	from The Catholic	98
	from A Different Person	101
	The Heart Has Its Reasons	104
	from The Orton Diaries	108
	from Fast-Food Sex	111
	The Leather Bar	115
	Two Bartenders, A Butcher and Me	118
	from Jeffrey	122
	from Cruise Control	124
	from Letter from Lytton Strachey to Dora Carrington, 10 June 1930	126
	from How to Cruise the Met: It's Not Just for Opera Anymore	127
	from The Dreyfus Affair	134
	from New York in June	138
	from Fearless	141
	from Good Boys	145
	Giant Pacific Octopus	149
	from The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	151
	from When You Grow to Adultery	154
	from Such Times	158
	"A la Recherche de Gertrude Stein"	160
	from Surprising Myself	161
	Author Biographies	167
	Acknowledgments	173