Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents ix
3. Series editor’s preface xi
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Opening quotation xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. The cinema(tic) novel 23
8. Chapter 2. Pop Art and Puig’s polyphonic pop narrative 79
9. Chapter 3. From reel to real 115
10. Chapter 4. Dancing a Heartbreak Tango with Hollywood stars and their Boquitas Pintadas 147
11. Chapter 5. The Buenos Aires Affair 163
12. Chapter 6. The Spider Woman ’s polyphonic web of desire 179
13. Chapter 7. Puig’s characters and their mythical identity in Pubis angelical 217
14. Conclusion 257
15. Works cited 275
16. Appendix. Puig’s timeline 299
17. Index 313