num_pages: 181
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: The unfinished novel
titlecomplete: Answered prayers: The unfinished novel
characters: Aces Nelson, Ned Rorem, Kate McCloud, Alice Lee Langman, Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper, Victoria Self, Sidney Dillon, Lady Ina Coolbirth, Denham Fouts, Carol Matthau, Turner Boatwright, P.B. Jones
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Novels, Short Stories, Classics, Queer, Fiction, Literary Fiction, New York, American
ratings_count: 4480
places: New York City, New York
publisher: LONDON: HAMISH HAMILTON. 1986