Introduction : the modern misfit, antisocial and intersectional
Methodology : immanent reading
Narrating the psychology of a "despised mulatto" in Larsen's Quicksand
Affective realism : feeling like a "total misfit" in Thurman's The blacker the berry
Narrating the mood of the underdog in Rhys's Quartet
Isherwood's impersonality : "nonconformist" queer relationality in A single man
Coda : two forms of feeling like a misfit.