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Summary: It's definitely an educational experience.
Review: I began Love, Sal and was unable to put it down. His relationships represent the type of relationships that me and most of my friends have experienced, both [homosexual] or [heterosexual]--the push and pull...the battle of wits and emotions...the struggle....always trying to fight for control of ourselves and/or the other person. I appreciate the very honest way he writes. Thanks Sal for writing this book.
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Summary: Join the adventure
Review: I found this book so mesmerizing. From the moment I picked up "Love, Sal" I was hooked. Sal writes in such an honest way that you are immediately captured and taken into his world. And what a world he lived for those 3 years in San Francisco. Through his letters to his friend Tim we are guided through raunchy S/M clubs, with names like "Suck Hole", shown the pain and passion of his Master/slave boy relationship with DaddyPete. We slip through bathroom stalls where urine doesn't always end up in the urinal and then we are wisked away to a tender moment between Sal and a one year old child. He takes us with him when his HIV status changes to AIDS, but then makes us laugh with a dyke/dildo fantasy. Sal sweeps you to parties with Bear daddies, to work with dykes and to bed with quite a variety of men. However, through all his relationships and unbelievably crazy encounters, there is humor and honesty, reflection and control. Sal lets us hear his thoughts, understand his fears and live his fantasies. Join the fun and read "Love, Sal". It's quite an adventure.
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Summary: A Moving Experience
Review: I worked with Sal for a short time prior to his departure from San Francisco. I sure miss his company but after reading "Love, Sal" it's like he's back in town! His writing is from the heart as he describes his many adventures throughout San Francisco with his encounters and the people that touched his life such as Sher, Irl, and Max! If you like to read about sexual adventures then get this book! Sal knows how to bring it home in reality.Congratulations Sal!!
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Summary: Sal Writes from the Heart!
Review: I worked with Sal for a short time prior to his departure from San Francisco. I sure miss his company but after reading "Love, Sal" it's like he's back in town! His writing is from the heart as he describes his many adventures throughout San Francisco with his encounters and the people that touched his life such as Sher, Irl, and Max! If you like to read about sexual adventures then get this book! Sal knows how to bring it home in reality. Congratulations Sal!!
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Summary: Gay Video Director Endorses This Book!
Review: I'm Jett Blakk, director of such gay adult fare as LEATHER VIRGIN, the LEATHER INTRUSION series and DAMNATION: HELL IN LEATHER, and I would like to add my five cents here. Let me assure you that "Love, Sal" is right on target in its depiction of the San Francisco leather scene, and Mr. Iacopelli's adventures make for some of the hottest, most intense and funniest moments I've read in some time. From examples of loving S&M to untrustworthy trust issues to the joys of leather to the complex, emotional conflicting mental states of a desire to be controlled and a fear of giving up control, this book runs the gamut of things you desire and things that repulse you...and keeps you laughing the entire time. It will turn you on, it will make you wince, it will open your eyes and it will open your mouth...with laughter. Mostly with laughter.
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Summary: Addictive Reading
Review: Love Sal is addictive reading. The anecdotes that he presents from his life are beyond merely humorous; they reflect his mature insight and remarkable sense of wit. He doesn't simply bring a smile to your face -- his articulate commentary reflects his point of view on a great variety of subjects that run the gamut from sex to AIDS to what it means to be gay. A must-read. While funny, much of the book has a serious thoughtful angle to it. Yet... he uses humor to get readers to think. He writes about the his experience with such insight, affection, and honesty. I can only hope that there is more to come.
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Summary: The best of "Tales of the City" and "Queer as Folk"
Review: Loved the book. I bought it b-cause I thought it would be all about sex, s/m and San Francisco but I was pleasantly surprised at all it encompassed. It covered relationships, one's struggle with AIDS and written in a wickedly funny tone.
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Summary: Corruscatingly honest, mordantly funny, and never dull
Review: This little book garnered a big reaction from me. Sal's honesty in relating his experiences, motives, failings, triumphs and tragedies kept me turning pages like the best novels do. Of course, everybody likes reading somebody else's mail, but Sal's fearlessness and humor evoked that rarest of all biographical achievements: I genuinely *cared* what happened to him after the end of the book. Sure, some of the details of his adventures in the San Francisco gay leather scene may be shocking to some. Sure, he isn't always kind to all of the people in his life. Sure, he doesn't always come across as the guy you'd want to bring home to meet Mom and Dad. But he is *honest* about all of it, and that makes it a most compelling, thoughtful, and moving tale of personal exploration and (dare I say it?) growth. Hetero or homo, kinky or straight, male or female: read this book and you will glimpse a world relatively few people know and be reminded of the humanity, hope, and vulnerability that we _all_ share.
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Summary: Place I've been and places I'll never go!
Review: While some may shutter at the thought of reading about a gay man's leather escapades, I found them just to be the backdrop to a look into the thoughts, feelings, desires and fears of an individual in his 30's. We've all been there - the way we feel about family, the trials and tribulations of moving to a new city, how we deal with romantic relationships, our joy and amazement at what small children add to our lives, and the desire to have all the answers. I laughed, I cried and even squirmished at bit. A great read!
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Summary: Touching realistic letters
Review: Yes, letters. This is the story of Sal's life for three years in San Francisco told through a series of letters written to his friend, Tim, who has remained in Chicago. We see life in the gay ghettos, in the gay bars, in the workplace, and in many other venues as Sal explores his new home and makes friends and has relationships none of which turn out very well. Roommates are downers too but hey that happens a lot in reallife. If you want some insight into a gay man's life at the end of the 20th century this book will give you great insights.
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