A madcap tale of sadistic powerplay by one of the 20th centurys most beloved French gay writers.My Manservant and Me is a story about the trials and tribulations of having a livein valet. Written from the uneasy perspective of an aging incontinent author of extremely successful middlebrow plays we learn about his manservant a young film actor who is easily moved to both delicate gestures and terrible tantrums whos been authorized to handle his masterampamp8217s finances who orders stock buys dictates his masterampamp8217s wardrobe sleeps in his masters bed and yet wonampamp8217t let him watch variety television. My Manservant and Me reveals the rude specificities of this relationship with provocative humor and stylistic abjection.