Drag Queen

I'm a big fan of R. Rodi's and I love the mixed feelings I get when reading his books. He combines hilarious moments with those that get to you and tell you about hope, love and forgiveness.

While I don't know if Rodi can ever top the hilarious and surprisingly inciteful "Fag Hag" he is in full flower in this book. This book doesn't fall into the typical stereo type of the all knowing drag queen who is somehow more brave and in touch with herself than those of us poor mortals who won't put on a dress blah blah blah....This book is about two characters with a surprising resemblence who realize that they might be brothers. One is a drag queen and she is written incredibly realistically, normal apartment, normal fears ect... the other works in an ad agency, is also gay, very much a stick in the mud and is horrified that he might be related to the other. Let the games begin.

While I'm not certain Mr. Rodi will ever top his hilarious and wonderfully inciteful first novel "Fag Hag" this book makes a good go at it. The story of brothers separated at birth, one is an uptight corporate closeted man who recoils in horror at the thought that his sibling might in fact be a drag queen. A funny story that avoids the typical "Tragic Hero" status that many overly PC books give to Drag Queens. In this book she comes off as a fairly real person with some insecurities and a fabulous wardrobe.

Well, I bought this book because I never read any gay literature before and I thougt it was about time that I did so. "Drag Queen" is actually a good book. It's not a heartwarming novel or anything like that, but it's worth getting if you just want something to pass the time.The characters are sometimes difficult to understand. I found myself asking, "Why are they doing this?" But that just adds to the confusion felt by the main character. The characters are well developed yet still retain some quality of superficiality, a common characteristic found even in "real" people in the gay scene.The book did take on homophobia within the gay community and how some people band together to fight it when it comes from the outside while others turn the other cheek and try to ignore the truth.However, this is not an activism book by any stretch. It a fun book that made me laugh and didn't take up a lot of my time. I would compare this book to films such as "Never Been Kissed" and "She's All That". Cute little films that do nothing more than entertain. I loved those films and this book was very good.