Book excerpt: The first translation into English of a startling 1907 memoir of a writer who was born a boy, was raised as a girl, and who lived as a man. Who was the real N. O. Body, and why did he go to such lengths to hide not just his name but a second secret: that of his Jewish identity? In his brilliant preface, Sander Gilman suggests that this may be key to solving the real riddle of the ambiguously gendered author.