In The Ruby Red's Affair Scoot Valuti undertakes a visit to a local lesbian bar/night club meets up with her friends and in search of a lifelong loving relationship based on mutual respect and appreciation has a brief flirtation which results sadly in a serious affair which lasts a nanosecond and ends badly. Just as the characters are ambiguous and androgynous so is the book difficult to define: a short novel or a verse narrative or a poetry novella or... It chronicles both a moment and a lifetime a transformative mind-blowing encounter and another despondent disappointment.
