The Pornographer Diaries [Paperback]

Danny King (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004

“King’s writing is sharp, his comedy as black as Donald Rumsfeld’s heart . . .”—Maxim

Godfrey Bishop works for a soft-porn magazine. He talks to the models, he reads hundreds of filthy readers’ letters, he organizes the photo shoots and even gets to direct the action. He has, according to his nonporn friends, “the best job in the world.” Chuck into the mix a 12 girl orgy, a stable of alcoholic co-workers, an angry argumentative feminist, and a obsessive letter-writer and you have Danny King’s funniest novel yet.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"'King spends his free time writing for a top-shelf grot mag and hanging out with some "tasty" geezers. He's also written a couple of excellent books about the nonlegit lifestyle choice' Loaded; 'One of the few writers to make me laugh out loud. Danny King's brilliant at making you love characters who essentially are quite bad people.' David Baddiel; 'Sweet-as-a-nut, hilariously un-PC... if ever there was an antidote to Bridget Jones's Diary, this is it' Daily Mirror"

About the Author

Danny King was born in Slough, near London in 1969. After leaving school, he went to work on a building site where he met his fair share of petty criminals and general nutters. In the late 1980s, following convictions of various offences, including burglary, he gave up crime, got an education and started to work as a journalist on top shelf magazines. He lives in South London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852428619
• ISBN-13: 978-1852428617
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,603,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

British writer Danny King was born in 1969 in Slough, a town made famous throughout the white collar world as the much-lampooned location for the original series of The Office. He never worked in an office while there but he did work as a bricklayer's laborer, a supermarket shelf stacker, a painter & decorator, a postman and a magazine editor and today uses these rich experiences to dodge all of the aforementioned. Besides books he has also written for the both big and small screens and the stage: his credits include the BBC sitcom Thieves Like Us, the forthcoming 2012 movie Wild Bill and the stage show The Pornographer Diaries, which played throughout the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He lives in Chichester, West Sussex with wife, Jeannie and two children and divides his time between writing and wondering what to write about. For further details go to dannykingbooks.com.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very funny., August 13, 2005

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This review is from: The Pornographer Diaries (Paperback)

First of King's books I read, and the best so far in my opinion. Straightforward, down-to-earth, bawdy and very funny. Almost like a mate telling you stories down the pub - only more interesting, and oddly enough, more believable.

Tells the story of a guy working as sub-editor at a soft porn mag. Not plot driven, the strength is in the story-telling, the humour and frankness of what is basically a series of vignettes. Excellent book.