Infidelity

Rating:
Summary: A Good Story
Review: "Is true love just a name given to sexual pleasure? Such was the question faced by Tom Clifden, a clever street hustler who found himself sexually glued to Hank Carter, a struggling would-be actor in New York City. Their physical and sexual appetites for each other knew no boundaries. Night after night they revelled in passionate and uninhibited sexual episodes. But the question comes up much later. Tom is 53-years-old and (without Hank) has used his good looks and street smarts to good advantage. He owns a string of bars across the country and is comfortably settled in Key West. His quietude ends abruptly when a letter arrives from Eunice, a woman who 25 years earlier was Hank's first love - and the woman whom Hank had abandoned for Tom's unbelievable sexual powers and pleasures. This is the story of two handsome young men who try to build a relationship during the sexually explosive and carefree years of the late 60s. The tale of their love unfolds, revealing the challenges of the ever-growing temptations of Infidelity." - abstract from Intermale

Rating:
Summary: A Good Story
Review: I wrote a review for GAY BOOKS, a Yahoo club, in a forum message I posted to William Rooney. Here is the text of that post: "Hi, I read your book Thursday. I didn't expect to be off work, but since I was I took advantage and read it. I truly enjoyed the book. I like the way you write...crisp. I usually plow slowly through books, but now and then I find a writer whose words flow so readily that I can just go with it like a jet. You're such a writer. Easy to read? Maybe that is what I'm saying. I do know that is a part of it. The story was fun. I have a few theatre friends, a retired gay off-Broadway production manager, and was in a few musicals (chorus boy) myself...way back when...so I liked the setting a lot. I thought Tom was a rather brutally honest guy...honest in how he just went at life with seeming purpose. Hank was my favorite, and no doubt is one of your favorites...I could tell. I don't know if you based the book on real life, but if you did...I believe Hank would have been a precious memory. Stylistically I LOVED THE BOOK! The first person narration, and the reportorial or documentary method...journal-like...made me feel like I was being let in on a personal secret...like the author, YOU, took me into your confidence on these sensitive matters. That said, I also found it very interesting how honestly you revealed yourself psychologically and sexually. Very commendable honest approach.

All in all I loved the book. I look forward to your next one.

By the way, the Title: INFIDELITY seemed perfect to me after I read the book. It startled me at first, but after meeting these guys, I understood.

THANKS... monkglen aka jungbud"

Rating:
Summary: Tryout Each Other--Two Guys Break A Leg For Each Other
Review: I wrote a review for GAY BOOKS, a Yahoo club, in a forum message I posted to William Rooney. Here is the text of that post: "Hi, I read your book Thursday. I didn't expect to be off work, but since I was I took advantage and read it. I truly enjoyed the book. I like the way you write...crisp. I usually plow slowly through books, but now and then I find a writer whose words flow so readily that I can just go with it like a jet. You're such a writer. Easy to read? Maybe that is what I'm saying. I do know that is a part of it. The story was fun. I have a few theatre friends, a retired gay off-Broadway production manager, and was in a few musicals (chorus boy) myself...way back when...so I liked the setting a lot. I thought Tom was a rather brutally honest guy...honest in how he just went at life with seeming purpose. Hank was my favorite, and no doubt is one of your favorites...I could tell. I don't know if you based the book on real life, but if you did...I believe Hank would have been a precious memory. Stylistically I LOVED THE BOOK! The first person narration, and the reportorial or documentary method...journal-like...made me feel like I was being let in on a personal secret...like the author, YOU, took me into your confidence on these sensitive matters. That said, I also found it very interesting how honestly you revealed yourself psychologically and sexually. Very commendable honest approach.

All in all I loved the book. I look forward to your next one.

By the way, the Title: INFIDELITY seemed perfect to me after I read the book. It startled me at first, but after meeting these guys, I understood.

THANKS... monkglen aka jungbud"

Rating:
Summary: Guess I'll be the Bad Cop
Review: Sorry - I wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't. I tried, but I kept having visions of all those horrible Harlequin Books my mother used to read when I was a kid. That maybe is not fair - this book strives for more ... but it is just a little too much. Proceed with caution.

Rating:
Summary: Guess I'll be the Bad Cop
Review: Sorry - I wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't. I tried, but I kept having visions of all those horrible Harlequin Books my mother used to read when I was a kid. That maybe is not fair - this book strives for more ... but it is just a little too much. Proceed with caution.