My Tender Matador - Pedro Lemebel and driven by a wild

and driven by a wild

Translator: Anthony Briggs

In the wake of the Great Blackout

these pages are illuminated by the enduring courage and passionate sense of justice of an extraordinary woman

My Tender Matador - Pedro Lemebel and driven by a wildIt is spring 1986 and Santiago's streets are aflame with protests against the dictator Augusto Pinochet. From her lavishly decorated hovel, the Queen of the Corner embroiders linen for the wealthy, dreams of romance and listens to boleros to drown out the rioting and gunshots. When handsome young macho Carlos waltzes into her life, the ageing queer swiftly agrees to help with his clandestine activities. As a strange connection blooms, their fates