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Diary of a Viagra Fiend [Hardcover]

Jayson Gallaway (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)


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June 22, 2004
Announcing a major new comic talent -- from dancing in S+M clubs to snorting Viagra, a brilliant, unflinching, and uproaurious set of stories from the edge of sex.

It all starts when "Lolita," Jayson Gallaway's nineteen-year-old girlfriend, delays their connubial bliss by deciding to alphabetize their CD collection. Little does she know, however, that Gallaway has recently ingested Viagra to see what happens. Well, the entire city of San Francisco can see what's happened -- for God's sake, it's hard to miss. But by the time the CDs have been arranged, the light of morning isn't the only thing that's soft. So Gallaway does what any self-respecting lover would do: He crushes the last little blue pill and snorts it. Though it "burns like nothing I've ever snorted in my life," the moment of madness leads to" a physical congress that is indeed the stuff of legend."

And so begins Jayson Gallaway's hilarious ride around his libido, a titillating, tumultuous, and downright funny trek with stops on the TV show 20/20, quality time with the San Francisco fire department and their metal cutter, at Burning Man, and in a slew of sex and S+M clubs. By the time we reach his attempt to donate sperm (for financial gain, you understand), we're almost expecting his mom to call. And then she does so, right in the mid-tug. "Be a good boy and God Bless," she says, before hanging up.

With unmatched candor and an eye for side-splitting one-liners, Jayson Gallaway proves himself to be a sort of David Sedaris of the bedroom. "Diary of a Viagra Fiend" is a stupendously funny debut from a passionately outspoken humorist.


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"Mr. Gallaway [is] hyperverbal, apparently well-read...able to deftly brandish words like 'frottage' in simple sentences."

-- The New York Times

"If Jayson Gallaway sold his soul to the Devil to be funny, sharp, and witty, he got his eternity's worth. [He] rocks. Have a great time in hell, my friend."

-- Laurie Notaro, author of The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club

"[G]leefully filthy...Gallaway is sort of a hard-core George Plimpton, trying on different (rubber) costumes that don't fit."

-- Palm Beach Post --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Jayson Gallaway (pictured here on the right) has been a gossip columnist, a guest on ABC's 20/20, and a dancer at a bondage club, among other things. His work has appeared on salon.com, in the San Jose Metro, and in Just 18 magazine. Diary of a Viagra Fiend is his first book. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Atria; 1st Atria Books Hardcover Ed edition (June 22, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 074347080X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743470803
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,651,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The straight David Sedaris, July 8, 2004
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This review is from: Diary of a Viagra Fiend (Hardcover)
If you're not easily offended, pick up this hilarious collection of essays by the straight, over-sexed David Sedaris. Jayson Gallaway lives and writes the life every straight man fantasizes about--from having sex on rubber sheets with a stripper, to snorting viagra to have sex with his nymphomaniac girlfriend, to dancing at an S&M club. You'll laugh until you cry. For the Maxim crowd, but women will love this view into the male psyche as well--Jayson isn't a cad, just a guy with a healthy libido and a curious sexual appetite.
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars laughed through the whole thing, July 30, 2004
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Kevy "evildcat" (Hollywood, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diary of a Viagra Fiend (Hardcover)
If you are boring, oversensetive or easily offended don't read this book. just move on and forget you were ever here. If you have any sense of humor or personality at all you absolutely must read this book! And be sure you're not one to take anthing too seriously as morals & dignity have pretty much been thrown out the window by the end of the first chapter. It's hilarious and entertaining all the way through. the only way I can describe this story would be "Fear and Loathing in San Francisco." Worth the price of admission.
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10 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Diary of a LARPing Virgin, July 25, 2004
This review is from: Diary of a Viagra Fiend (Hardcover)
I'm sure that many are afraid of criticizing this book for fear of seeming prudish, but frankly the writing is just plain bad. The whole book sounds like he's tremendously thrilled at the idea of shocking his audience, and even if it were shocking that wouldn't be enough to sustain a novel. And for the love of god, will someone tell him that just because they're called 25 cent words doesn't mean that he's paid 25 cents every time he uses one? This author would have been better off continuing to write fan-fiction. At least fan-fiction is concise and free.

There's an article in the East Bay Express that does a much better of job expressing why I found this book so boring. (...)
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