The shocking account of the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles comes hot from the mouth of an 18-year-old male prostitute. Joeys frank and full-on diary reveals even more than you might have thought you ever wanted to know about what the tricks ask for -- and just how Joey gives it to them! Day by day, the truth about this young hustlers life-style is revealed, and you get to know the kid and human heart that exist just beneath Joeys professional street-wise facade.
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...the story of Joey ... who has just joined a rather elite call-boy service ... which caters to a socially prominent clientele. Complicating matters for Joey is Thane Calendar ... who breaks in the young hustler and is drawn back repeatedly by his unusual attraction to this kid who isn't his usual type. The will they/won't they get together in more than a sexual way aspect of this provides a good contrast to the more tawdry goings on.... -- Bay Windows, Volume 16 / Number 41, 1 October - 7 October 1998 issue
Im a sucker for humor, and this authors knack for an amusing turn of phrase can charm the pants off just about anybody, I no exception -- Chad Stuart, author, Mountain Men
Part of the Just Eighteen series from Prowler, and described as a shocking account of the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles, this supposedly the frank and full-on diary hot from the mouth of an 18-year-old male prostitute - but if this is a real diary, then Oscar Wilde was right about a diary being sensational reading! Joey does actually manage to get up to some interesting things in the course of his selection, evaluation and eventual work as a cute young thing for hire from an up-market specialist LA agency catering to clients who like them young looking (but legal). The action is thick and fast and there is plenty of it, and the stories that make up the book are varied and usually well written and many of them give quite an interesting context to the sex. -- Dreaded Ned's on-line book reviews
Im a sucker for humor, and this authors knack for an amusing turn of phrase can charm the pants off just about anybody, I no exception -- Chad Stuart, author, Mountain Men
Part of the Just Eighteen series from Prowler, and described as a shocking account of the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles, this supposedly the frank and full-on diary hot from the mouth of an 18-year-old male prostitute - but if this is a real diary, then Oscar Wilde was right about a diary being sensational reading! Joey does actually manage to get up to some interesting things in the course of his selection, evaluation and eventual work as a cute young thing for hire from an up-market specialist LA agency catering to clients who like them young looking (but legal). The action is thick and fast and there is plenty of it, and the stories that make up the book are varied and usually well written and many of them give quite an interesting context to the sex. -- Dreaded Ned's on-line book reviews
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Joey, who has first-hand knowledge regarding the subject matter about which he writes, provides the reader with an insiders glimpse into the sometimes sleazy world that encompasses hustling Los Angeles streets and that citys higher gay echelons. While the subject matter is sometimes admittedly disturbing, the author manages to provide his candid narrative with a charming humor that indicates, more than anything, that heres one kid still surviving within a life-style thats been known to leave its participants bruised, battered, and scattered helter-skelter by the wayside.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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DIARY READS TRUE!!!!,
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This review is from: Diary of a Hustler (Mass Market Paperback)
Take it from someone who has been there, done that, got the t-shirt, you're not going to find another book that so well defines a certain segment of the LA hustler scene, and the people who exist within it, than Joey's candid and erotic DIARY OF A HUSTLER. If Joey is definitely a survivor in his world, where others are less lucky, that doesn't make his book any less a reliable and accurate read. I, for one, can't wait for a follow-up book to let all of us fans know what he's been up to since he made the move to South Beach.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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IF EVER THERE WAS A "HUSTLER" CLASSIC, THIS IS IT!,
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This review is from: Diary of a Hustler (Mass Market Paperback)
I still wonder why, fan of hustler books that I am, that it took me so long to find this one, considering that it so obviously stands out as a book destined to become a classic in this very specialized genre of writing. Finding so many such books bogged down with their authors' collective angst about dire circumstances that "drove" them into the profession, it's a fresh breath of air to find a chronicler who is less concerned with the downers of the life-style than in merely enjoying it and taking advantage of whatever the opportunities offered. That Joey manages to do so with a genuine sense of humor, that had me more than once laughing aloud, is a testament to the writer's story-telling ability. And for those wondering what happened to Joey after book's end, I just inadvertently discovered an update in the lead-in short story "What If" that appears in William Maltese's recently released anthology CALIFORNIA CREAMIN'.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
story line easy to follow and detail seem plausable,
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This review is from: Diary of a Hustler (Mass Market Paperback)
A Book to read in one or two sittings. Factual information and descriptive information seemed to be factual.
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