William Goldman loves this play so I was keen to read it. I think Williams likes it too and Elia Kazan. I've seen it staged. I tried to like it. Some of its interesting. It's fourteen scenes - blocks on the Camino Real. The main character is the boxer Kilroy. There's shady figures, lost figures, a hooker whose virginity is restored when the moon rises. It's a bit nutty.
I also read the original shorter version which I think played better because it's episodic. There's lots of literary characters some of whom i got like Lord Byron and Don Quixote some which I had to look up like Maguerite. Interesting finale with Kilroy's heart and organs being extracted.
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