num_pages: 180
description: P.B. Jones is the amoral, bisexual protagonist of this unfinished novel. He discovers that bed-hopping rather than literary ability is the way to get published. He discovers along the way that prayers that are answered cause more pain than those that remain ignored.
language: English
title: Answered Prayers
titlecomplete: Answered Prayers
characters: Ned Rorem, P.B. Jones, Aces Nelson, Lady Ina Coolbirth, Sidney Dillon, Turner Boatwright, Denham Fouts, Carol Matthau, Victoria Self, Kate McCloud, Alice Lee Langman, Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Queer, Novels, New York, Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 4479
places: New York City, New York
publisher: Plume