Some shelfwear Pages yellowing Grove Press, 1980, 192 pages First published in 1961 The American cult classic returns to print. One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding is a kind of beat bedroom farce. A college sophomore spends a weekend with a pretty 14-year-old black prostitute under the manly misapprehension that she has incited him because she finds him irresistible. The girl on the other hand, is convinced that it is all to be a paying proposition. Outraged when her guest resists payment, Kitten steals her rightful $100 fee from his pants pocket. He tries to get it back.