This may have merit, but I didn't find much. Myra Breckinridge is the story of a transsexual, and while this aspect of the character is not explicitly stated until very close to the end, it is patently obvious, almost from page one. The rape scene is disturbing but ultimately uninteresting. I can see why it was controversial, but not why it was a bestseller (actually, I'm certain it was a bestseller precisely because it was controversial).