Adult Entertainment Stories by John Metcalf 1986 St Martin’s Press First 1st HC
His first novella, The Lady Who Stole Furniture, was published in 1970, shortly after New Canadian Writing 1969. Girl in Gingham is a collection of two novellas. The second, Girl in Gingham, follows another narrator’s search for the perfect mate via an online dating service, with the undertone being his realization of people trying to invent themselves to fit what others want, or the ideals of their culture.