{"product_id":"hornito-my-lie-life-9780060937102","title":"Hornito: My Lie Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A gay coming-of-age story that's rip-roaringly funny and sympathetic.\"--\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Sedaris and Sandra Bernhard rolled into one, Mike Albo offers his own unique, witty, and touching tale on being young, single, and gay in today's media-obsessed culture.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuxtaposing a trip to his childhood home--where he has retreated to try to make some sense of his hectic existence in New York City--with memories of growing up gay in seventies suburbia, Albo creates \"Mike Albo.\" This character's memories are from a fictitious life that's outrageous, hilarious, and embarrassingly real. From a typical suburban childhood to his perpetual search for true love, Albo evokes a poignant, nostalgic past and a vibrant, energetic present. By turns vulnerable and jaded, flamboyant and obsessive, \u003cem\u003eHornito\u003c\/em\u003e is full of subversive humor and outrageous irony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Albo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.36w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060937102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlbo, Mike:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Albo is a writer and a performer. He grew up mostly in the suburbs of Virginia. He has performed three solo shows, \u003cem\u003eMike Albo; Spray;\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePlease Everything Burst, \u003c\/em\u003e each cowritten with Virginia Heffernan. Selections from these shows appear in \u003cem\u003eExtreme Exposure: Solo Performance Texts from the 20th Century, \u003c\/em\u003eedited by Jo Bonney. He also wrote a play called Sexotheque. He is a founder of the reknowned Dazzle Dancers. He lives in Brooklyn right now and wants to make sure you know he hasn't settled into that pleasant, calm, brownstoney life that these book bios always seem to imply.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110613614707,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_dfa8278d-8310-43b1-b693-451434bbaa13.jpg?v=1748982006","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/hornito-my-lie-life-9780060937102","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}