Fag Hag (Plume Fiction) (Paperback)

by Robert Rodi (Author) "Sorry, baby, I didn't mean to-well, you know how protective I am of you..." (more)
Key Phrases: fag hag, Lloyd Hood, Sandy Stathis, Natalie Stathis (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
This lively first novel shows how flamboyant Natalie Stathis ("Fag Hag") reacts when her gay friend Peter takes up with a gun dealer.
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Product Description
Secretly in love with an unattainable gay artist named Peter, Natalie Stathis subtly poisons all Peter's romances with men until Lloyd Hood, a gay survivalist gun shop owner, enters Peter's life. Reprint.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Plume (January 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452269407
• ISBN-13: 978-0452269408
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,190,231 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars READ RODI !, June 14, 1999

By A Customer

OK - It's my turn!! Here I was stuck for a month in some ridiculous backwater business assignment so I took a chance and bought all the Rodi books to keep me company. The GayMuse of Entertainment was watching over me! This guy is literate, amusing, profound, and definitely has the ear of his audience. I could go on and on about all his books: comparing & contrasting & up-thumbing and down-thumbing... but the bottom line is that this man WRITES with a wit and wisdom that is oh! so rare in Gay Fiction today. Now do a little 'search' here at amazon.com on 'rodi' and pluck up anything that pops up. I guarantee you that you will be pleased... if not just a little bit moved!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, over-the-top satire, March 21, 1998

By A Customer

Robert Rodi has been compared to Armistead Maupin (author of "Tales of the City") and the comparison sure is apt with "Fag Hag." Like Maupin, Rodi has an eye for detail, which he uses to skewer and satire the good and bad of contemporary urban gay life. And Rodi (like Maupin) also has compassion for even his unsavory characters. In this book, Natalie (think Natalie on "The Facts of Life" for a rough mental image) is the classic "fag hag" in love with her best pal: a gay man, Peter, who will never be able to return her secret desire. A manipulative woman on a Bette Davis/Joan Crawford scale, Natalie resorts to more and more desparate measures to snare her man, or at least keep him for herself. But her work becomes more challenging when Peter falls in love with Lloyd, a libertaarian intellectual "survivalist." One of the funniest scenes in the book occurs when Lloyd turns his rational, Socratic conversational approach on a bitter, wisecracking queeny gay man, who has no idea how to respond.... I was a little disappointed by the ending, but otherwise this is an enjoyable, funny read. Gay male readers (and the women who love them) will get the most out of this book, but most anyone with a sense of humor should be able to appreciate the (decidely politically incorrect) satire here.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Natalie: Get a life!, January 21, 2000

By	Tanja L. Edwards "Tanja L. Edwards" (Norman, OK USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I enjoyed this book, but I found myself frustrated with Natalie and her blind descent into madness. But then, maybe that's the point -- we are often the last to realize we've gone over the edge. Even so, Natalie's actions seemed too much over the top, even for a genre in which over the top is the norm. Still, it is well-written and funny, and I'd probably read other books by Rodi.