Title: The lucky star
Description: "After being initiated into a coven of island witches, Neva begins to fulfill her fate in a Tenderloin dive bar. Her worshippers include Richard, the introverted, alcoholic, occasionally omniscient narrator; a profane, aggressive transgender sex worker named Shantelle; the brisk but motherly barmaid Francine; and the former Frank, who has renamed herself after her idol Judy Garland. When Judy starts to love Neva too much, Judy's retired policeman boyfriend embarks on a mission of exposure and destruction."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: American literature, Fiction, urban, Fiction, gay, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, urban & street lit, Witches, Fiction, Social Marginality, Interpersonal relations, Bars (Drinking establishments)