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Street Life & Hard Time (Idol) [Mass Market Paperback]

Rupert Thomas (Author), Robert Black (Author)
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June 30, 2005 Idol
Idol, Two Books In One Edition
 
STREET LIFE: Tired of life in the suburbs and raring for sexual adventure, Ben abandons his studies and comfortable home for the excitement of London. Forced to spend the night on the streets Ben is befriended by Lee, a homeless Scottish lad who offers him the comfort of his sleeping bag. But the excitement soon turns to something darker when the friends become involved in a web of prostitution and sexual conspiracies culminating in Ben's kidnapping. Lee takes it upon himself to unravel the mystery, going deep into the sleazy underworld of inner city street life to find the identity of the mysterious kidnapper.
 
HARD TIME: Three men are committed to the corrupt and cruel institution of Her Majesties Prison Cairncrow on the same day: Paul, an agressive, inner-city tough guy; John, an ex-vicar convicted of a sexual offence with a young man; and Simon, who is gentle, feminine and obviously gay. The prison is a sexual minefield run by sadistic officers and bullying hard cases, where the old-timers prey on the newcomers and the guards prey on everybody. This gritty prison story tells how the new inmates find a niche in a brutish environment, experiencing sex, redemption and love behind bars.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Virgin Idol (June 30, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0352339780
  • ISBN-13: 978-0352339782
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,934,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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2.0 out of 5 stars A dubious double, September 8, 2007
This review is from: Street Life & Hard Time (Idol) (Mass Market Paperback)
Street Life, the first of the two stories in this double edition, is set on the streets of London. Ben, a young lad seeks adventure leaving behind a comfortable home and is befriended by a street kid named Lee. But Ben's adventure leads to involvement in prostitution and kidnapping. In Hard Times we follow three very different men assigned to serve at Her Majesty's pleasure at Cairncrow Prison. Once there they variously suffer at the hands of the officers and fellow inmates, and gradually in one way or another make a place for themselves.
Street Life is probably the more interesting story come thriller; Hard Time suffering from too many repetitive long and drawn out M/M encounters. But both suffer from a lack of convincing character development; maybe it's too much to ask from such writing, but surely the intended effect of M/M encounters is heightened if we have a greater feeling for the characters.
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