Rent Boy

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Summary: What a dud!
Review: I picked up this book because of the title, and, man, did I go wrong! If this is the story of a hustler, then I don't know the scene--and I do; this is a book for anyone who doesn't know anything about the scene and wants to read what someone like this guy imagined it to be. I laughed aloud, but not where the writer intended.

Rating:
Summary: Not the real thing
Review: This Gary Indiana writing in the voice of a hustler is a hoot! He imagines it all, gets it wrong--probably heard it all wrong. Anybody who knows what it's really like will get a few laughs, unintended by Indiana (though he thinks he's very funny in his way-off views). No way, dude!

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Summary: image
Review: why is everyone coming down so hard on this book? it was the first indiana book i read and lead me on to read his other books, and then on again to dennis cooper. "rent boy" is not entirely about plot, or reality, or relivance to the real world. it's a ficticious glimpse, a set of scenes from a world that either could be or is. it doesn't make a difference if this world "is" or "is not" because what's brilliant is the observation and the writing, the concept.

Rating:
Summary: image
Review: why is everyone coming down so hard on this book? it was the first indiana book i read and lead me on to read his other books, and then on again to dennis cooper. "rent boy" is not entirely about plot, or reality, or relivance to the real world. it's a ficticious glimpse, a set of scenes from a world that either could be or is. it doesn't make a difference if this world "is" or "is not" because what's brilliant is the observation and the writing, the concept.