“A Lover for Fonten” is about the world of wealthy people, where you can buy yourself a lover. Here a man can “build a career” in a woman’s bed: the novel’s hero Tony rose from a simple bar waiter to becoming the manager of disco clubs, and he doesn’t feel awkward at all and doesn’t see himself as inferior. And if he gets kicked out of both his position and the bedroom, there’s no big deal either. There are plenty of rich women who will appreciate his male qualities.
In short, what the listener has before them is “Cinderella, but the other way around.” True, this Cinderella doesn’t evoke any sympathy—but that’s the fate of any gigolo…