I Am Kasper Klotz [Paperback]

Sky Gilbert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2001

Exploring the culture of AIDS, this novel examines the minds of those whose lives revolve around the virus—the gay men who are running scared, barebacking, taking toxic drugs, and raising funds for others similarly afflicted. When Kasper Klotz makes the mistake of infecting a beautiful young Midwesterner, he’s accused, like a handful of other HIV-positive men in North America, of assault and attempted murder. A woman obsessed with Ayn Rand soon makes the incarcerated Kasper her mission. A hilarious, politically incorrect rant, this medical-scientific mystery is a thriller about what makes the AIDS virus tick.

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In the killer's own words ...

If an AIDS virus could talk, what would it say? How would it think? Feel? Would you want to get to know it, up close and personal?

I Am Kasper Klotz is the surprising, morbidly funny autobiography that will answer all your questions. Sure, Kasper might be the face of evil, of death, but don't let that prejudice you: get to know him.

In this, his third novel, Sky Gilbert explores the culture of AIDS, exploring the minds of those whose lives revolve around the virus, the gay men who are running scared, barebacking, taking toxic drugs and raising funds for others similarly afflicted.

Is Kasper Klotz an unrepentant serial killer? Or is he redeemable? When he makes the mistake of purposely infecting a beautiful young midwesterner, he's accused, like a handful of other HIV-positive men in North America, of assault and attempted murder. A woman obsessed with Ayn Rand and her ever-expanding waistline, makes the incarcerated Kasper her mission.

A hilarious, politically incorrect rant, I Am Kasper Klotz is a medical-scientific mystery: a thriller about what makes the AIDS virus tick.

About the Author

Sky Gilbert is a writer, filmmaker, actor, drag queen, and one of North America's most controversial artistic forces. The cofounder of Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, for two decades Gilbert has written and directed his own hit plays, including The Dressing Gown and Capote at Yaddo. In 1985 he received the Pauline McGibbon Award for directing, and he has also received two prestigious Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Gilbert's third film, My Summer Vacation, was featured at the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: ECW Press (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550224778
• ISBN-13: 978-1550224771
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,525,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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