Sordid Truths: Selling My Innocence for a Taste of Stardom
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1593501374 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 275 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sex, Truth, and the Kindness of Strangers Adult film superstar Aiden Shaw has been long admired for his physical attributes, but for anyone who hasn't discovered his literary endeavours, he's a splendid writer, as well. His recently published "Sordid Truths, Selling My Innocence for a Taste of Stardom" is a prequel to his 2006 autobiography ("My Undoing, Love in the Thick of Sex, Drugs, Pornography, and Prostitution") which detailed his . Interesting and Eye-Opening Longwolf This book is an eye opener in describing the daily lives of sex workers. I am amazed that these beautiful people abuse their bodies to the extent they do and remain physically attractive for even the short run. The quantity of drug use, long nights, fast living, and so on is mind boggling.The book is a good read but certainly not great literature. More like a diary, it gives us a close look at a . "A Mediocre Effort at Creative Writing" according to Tom. An interesting enough read, but a bit of a let down. I thought it would be more a memoir than it turned out to be of Aiden Shaw's time as a hustler and porn star. His experiences in the sex trade are the backdrop of the narrative. But the author comes across as trying too hard to be literary. He places huge sections of the book in dialogue that he could not possibly have remembered, or recorded i
The author of the bestselling memoir My Undoing and two novels, Aiden Shaw appeared in more than 50 films and won numerous honors (HBO's Sex and the City named their Aiden Shaw character after him!) He lives in London, England
However, working as a prostitute turned minor league once gay adult film legend Chi Chi La Rue took Polaroids of the naked and aroused Shaw and launched his career. Sordid Truths chronicles the author’s ascent from being just another broke college boy who dabbled with the idea that he could sell his young body for hard cash, to becoming the internationally renowned adult film superstar. Within a short time on the scene, he was something of a celebrity in his field, having been introduced to wealthy, weird, and wonderful eccentrics and famous—and famously closeted—eurotrash personalities and the celebrated elite. The rest is history, as is documented in more than fifty films that won him numerous honors.The author of the best-selling memoir My Undoing and two novels, Aiden Shaw divides his time between New York and London, England.. After finishing just one year of his degree, Aiden Shaw was twenty-one and easily lured away from study by the heady mix of sex and money in London
About the AuthorThe author of the bestselling memoir My Undoing and two novels, Aiden Shaw appeared in more than 50 films and won numerous honors (HBO's Sex and the City named their Aiden Shaw character after him!) He lives in London, England