Patrick McCabe's novel Breakfast on Pluto

http://www.sonyclassics.com/breakfastonpluto/book.htm 

Film Review: http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=504 

“The Republic of Pluto”

http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A21082

“The Republic of Pluto: Breakfast on Pluto is a gender-bending odyssey through '70s-era Ireland”   

BY CURT HOLMAN/Published 01.11.06

At the end of Breakfast on Pluto, protagonist Patrick Braden (Cillian Murphy) calls himself "The Phantom Lady" -- an apt description, given how difficult he is to pin down. Abandoned by his mother and fathered by a priest (Liam Neeson) who doesn't acknowledge him, Patrick grows up to be a transvestite who prefers to be addressed as "Kitten."

Near the end of the film, Kitten pretends to be an employee of the British telephone service, and when a boy (who may be his half-brother) asks if Kitten should have a uniform, he replies, "No, I shouldn't have a uniform." His statement is, characteristically, true and false at the same time. Kitten's stylish wardrobe, from the lipstick to high-heeled boots, proves as proud and distinctive as the colors of any nation. But when it comes to political causes, Kitten belongs on another planet entirely. Pluto is as good as any.