Diary of a Viagra Fiend [Paperback]

Jayson Gallaway (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 14, 2005

This book is intended for mature audiences.

Both the author and the publisher of this work must insist that none of the self-destructive lifestyles or poor decisions or sordid situations in this work be imitated.

Read at your own risk.

Diary of a Viagra Fiend

Jayson Gallaway -- whose experimentation with the drug Viagra is at the ever-pounding heart (on) of this book -- presents an unflinching, uproarious collection of stories from the edge of sex. From dancing in S+M clubs to dough-nating sperm, naked soul-searching at the Burning Man festival to asking himself WWARD ("What Would Axl Rose Do?"), Gallaway's extraordinary tales of erotic adventure are sure to, in his own words, "blow some fire up the clammy and stagnant rectum of American literature."

Editorial Reviews

Review

"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

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.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Atria Books (June 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743478908
• ISBN-13: 978-0743478908
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,127,636 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

By A Customer

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.

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.

10 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Diary of a LARPing Virgin, July 25, 2004

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negative_space_ - See all my reviews

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. (...)