An Unseemly Man: My Life As Pornographer, Pundit and Social Outcast

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Summary: Disappointing.
Review: I was looking forward to this book, hoping that Flynt would actually reveal something of himself that we didn't already know from the film "The People vs. Larry Flynt." Leave it to a pornographer to reveal absolutely nothing of importance. The book is really just a play-by-play of his 'career' -- and the writing is slow, at times meandering, and just boring. I've concluded Flynt himself is boring. Among other things, I would have loved to hear about his long feud with High Society publisher Carl Ruderman (one of the world's richest and least-known porn kings), but Flynt bails on us. Instead he opts to recount the demise of his wife and the legal particulars of his case with the Supreme Court. At times it's a bit reminiscent of the undoing of Lenny Bruce, standing on stage reciting court transcripts to a crowd expecting jokes. In the end, it's all just sad, pathetic and SOOOOOO old.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing.
Review: Larry Flynt is a fighter who has overcome strong odds and defeated those who would stifle freedom and impose their own morality upon us all. Anyone who values personal freedom owes the author a debt of gratitude.

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Summary: A True Hero
Review: Larry Flynt is a fighter who has overcome strong odds and defeated those who would stifle freedom and impose their own morality upon us all. Anyone who values personal freedom owes the author a debt of gratitude.

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Summary: America NEEDS more pornographers!!!
Review: The fact that Larry Flynt has earned the undying gratitude of the Democratic Party is more of a sad commentary on that party than it is a compliment to Mr. Flynt! Yes, he's worked his way to the top and is now a millionaire --- but we could say the same about John Gotti or the Reverend Jim Baker, and I certainly don't respect them!

No, I'm afraid Mr. Flynt is a flash in the pan, who will soon be discarded by his Democratic Party friends as the 2000 election nears. And these books showing him to be a heroic figure will fizzle out as well --- after all, Larry Flynt's loyal readership requires full-frontal nudity in all of their reading material.