This was undoubtedly a very clever book with an interesting premise but it was not an easy book to get into, Harriet/Harry Burden is an artist who feels that her gender has been a barrier (or burden) to her, so she choses three young male artists to act as her masks. The book is told using interview transcriptions, written accounts, magazine articles, and Harry's own accounts, in her numerous notebooks.
The heavy use of footnotes in some of the sections and the fragmented nature of the book meant slow reading until you got really used to who all the characters were and how much you could trust there accounts.
Ultimately, it was worth it, but it was hard work.