My Manservant and Me by Herve Guibert Paperback Book 9781643621524

A madcap tale of sadistic powerplay by one of the 20th centurys most beloved French gay writersMy Manservant and Me is a story about the trials and tribulations of having a livein valet Written from the uneasy perspective of an aging incontinent author of extremely successful middlebrow plays we learn about his manservant a young film actor who is easily moved to both delicate gestures and terrible tantrums whos been authorized to handle his masteramp8217s finances who orders stock buys dictates his masteramp8217s wardrobe sleeps in his masters bed and yet wonamp8217t let him watch variety television My Manservant and Me reveals the rude specificities of this relationship with provocative humor and stylistic abjection This manservant wont be going anywhere