num_pages: 192
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: Alice Lee Langman, Lady Ina Coolbirth, Aces Nelson, Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper, Ned Rorem, P.B. Jones, Carol Matthau, Turner Boatwright, Sidney Dillon, Victoria Self, Denham Fouts, Kate McCloud
genres: 20th Century, American, Short Stories, New York, Literary Fiction, Novels, Queer, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 4479
places: New York City, New York
publisher: Penguin Books