num_pages: 128
description: An effeminate homosexual known as the Queen of the Corner falls in love with a young straight man who is using his house to hold clandestine meetings and to store mysterious boxes, unaware that he and his friends are plotting the assassination of Pinochet, in a novel set against the backdrop of 1986 Chile.
language: English
title: My Tender Matador: A Novel
titlecomplete: My Tender Matador: A Novel
genres: Fiction, Historical, Queer, LGBT, Spanish Literature, Latin American, Romance, Novels, 21st Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 9542
places: Santiago, Chile
publisher: Grove Press