Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal & Camille Paglia

Author:Gore Vidal & Camille Paglia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2019-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

BUCK LONER REPORTS—

Recording Disc No. 763—

4 March

Things are coming to a head at least if they dont I dont know if I can stand it much longer with the new masseuse it took over an hour which is a sign of something and that something is Myra Breckinridge archfiend Flagler and Flagler are doing their best they say to get something on Myra but so far nothing at all they are even bugging her telephone and just now sent over this tape which may be significant or so they think of her talking long distance to a New York head shrinker called Randolph Montag his tape is herewith enclosed or included or whatever you call it

The Golden State Detective Agency submits the following unedited telephone conversation with the understanding that the contents of same are highly confidential and Golden State assumes no responsibility whatsoever for having obtained said property.

OPERATOR: Los Angeles calling Dr. Rudolph Moon…what’s the name again, dear?

MYRA: Montag, Randolph not Rudolph Montag, and why don’t you…

OPERATOR: Los Angeles calling Dr. Moondog…is he there?

VOICE: Mummy [two words not audible] later [three to four words not audible] the cat’s sick…

OPERATOR: Little boy, could you tell your daddy this is Los Angeles…

MYRA: Damn it, Dr. Montag is not married…

OPERATOR:…Los Angeles calling and…

VOICE:…threw up all over the floor…

MYRA: God damn it, operator, you’ve got the wrong number…

OPERATOR: I hear you, miss, you don’t have to shout…

MYRA: The number is…

OPERATOR:…I will redial the number, miss.

ELECTRONIC SOUNDS: heavy breathing of operator and/or Myra.

VOICE: This is a recording. The number you have just dialed is not a working number…

MYRA: Operator, please I don’t have all day…

OPERATOR: Apparently the number you gave me is not a working number…

MYRA: Dial it again, damn it! You silly [word not clearly audible].

VOICE: Yes?

OPERATOR: Los Angeles calling Dr. Rupert Moonman, are you him?

VOICE: Yes, yes. This is Dr. Moonman, I mean Montag, who is calling he…?

MYRA: Randolph, this is Myra…

OPERATOR: Your party is on the line, Miss…

MYRA: I haven’t written because I’ve been…

OPERATOR: Dr. Moon is on the line…

MYRA: I know he is, now will you kindly get off…

MONTAG: Who is calling him again?

MYRA: It’s Myra Breckinridge, you idiot!

MONTAG: Myra! This is a real pleasure…

MYRA:…didn’t write because so much work to do…

MONTAG:…so how’s the weather out there?

MYRA:…need your help…

MONTAG:…cold here, maybe twelve above zero which is why the ten o’clock patient missed her hour so I can talk…

MYRA:…about this damned inheritance…

MONTAG:…how is your dental health?

MYRA: Never been better, as a matter of fact we are on the verge of a real mental breakthrough which should…

MONTAG: I meant how are your teeth? That impacted wisdom tooth that was giving us so much trouble…

MYRA: For God’s sake, Randolph, don’t waste the three minutes talking about teeth…they’re O.K….

MONTAG: Good dental health means good mental health…

MYRA:…what I want is this: for you to say you were a witness to my marriage, in Monterrey, Mexico. And, God knows, in the truest sense you were and are…

MONTAG: At a certain level of course

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