Title: Drag Queen Author: Robert Rodi Published by: Dutton, 1995 ISBN: 0-525-93925-3 [hardcover, 259 pages]
In a story that crosses The Parent Trap with The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, we meet Mitchell Sayer, a stodgy, successful gay attorney. Mitchell's well-ordered life is thrown into upheaval when his socialite mother drops a double bombshell en route to a Buddhist convent. Mitchell, she confesses, was adopted -- and Mitchell has an identical twin.This long-lost, separated-at-birth sibling isn't hard to find . . . but he may be hard to take. For while his driver's license reads Donald Sweet, he's better known in Chicago's demimonde as Kitten Kaboodle, the gloriously gowned, stupendously stiletto-heeled star of the Tam-Tam Club's "all-girl" review.
Recovering from the shock, Mitchell doffs his Armani jacket, loosens his Hermes tie, and prepares for a battle of the wills. He sees it as his mission to haul Donald out of Bob Mackie knockoffs and into the real world -- or at least into flat heels. But Kitten thinks it's Mitchell who needs superego surgery, and she's just the gal to wield the scalpel.
Thus Mitchell is drawn into Kitten's world of battling divas and eye-scratching intrigue. The result is a vixenish vortex that eventually sucks in Mitchell's leatherman ex-lover, his Napoleonic boss, his millionaire client, his fortune-hunting sister, and an old frat brother with a kinky new secret.
When the dust clears, is it the feather boa or the button-down-collar that stands triumphant? After this chaotic commingling of identities, genders, and wardrobes, you won't be quite certain; but you will be glad you had a front-row seat.
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