Manuel Puig

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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne, commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth, Boquitas pintadas, and El beso de la mujer araña which was adapted into the film released in 1985, directed by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco; and a Broadway musical in 1993.

Books by Manuel Puig

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Kiss of the Spider Woman
Manuel Puig
4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsFiction
In an Argentine prison, a flamboyant homosexual's movie stories become a bridge to intimacy with a Marxist, even as a dangerous ultimatum closes in.
Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
Manuel Puig
3.6 (1k) average on Goodreads
In a sleepy Argentine town, a young boy's obsession with Rita Hayworth becomes a prism through which he navigates his mother's fading beauty, his father's infidelities, and the suffocating dreams of his provincial life.