String of Pearls: Stories about Cross-dressing

Tony Ayres

Allen & Unwin, 1996 - Cross-dressers - 259 pages

Boys will be girls and girls will be boys. String of Pearls is a collection of provocative, sexy stories about cross-dressing amassed by Australian writer and filmmaker Tony Ayres. Often the tales are about gender confusion, undermining the rigid boundaries by which sexuality is defined. They also touch upon themes of sexual ambiguity, clothing as fetish and ritual, and disguise as a vehicle for unveiling hidden truth.

About the author

Tony Ayres is a Melbourne-based screenwriter whose film, The Long Ride, recently won Awgie and Afi awards. Tony has also been shortlisted for the 1995 Nsw Premier's Literary Award for his screenplay, Ghost Story, to be screened on the Abc in February 1996.

Bibliographic information

• Title: String of Pearls: Stories about Cross-dressing
• Editor: Tony Ayres
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 1996
• ISBN: 1863739149, 9781863739146
• Length: 259 pages