Product Description

This extremely graphic novel brims with male sex from the sordid to the sublime, in every position, place and variety! Hero Paul Lemoyne leaves his humble home to begin a new life as a music hall stagehand, but soon discovers there are richer pickings to be had from the stage-door johnnies who haunt the Palace of Varieties' Music Hall. And thus begins the rake's progress from low-life prostitution to the salons and studios of Mayfair, from the bathhouses of Bermondsey to the rarefied circles of modern art - while his lover and corrupter lurks behind the scenes...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11826 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

Customer Reviews

Sleazy, sexy and highly entertaining...
This is the book I wish I'd written myself. It's sleazy and highly explicit; not for the faint-hearted. But it summons up brilliantly the atmosphere of the Halls and of the queer subculture of the thirties, (not that I remember!)

Paul Lemoyne is a pretty unpleasant character, but like his few real friends, you can't quite abandon him, and despite yourself, you care what happens to him. I suppose the fact that he knows he's behaving badly is a considerable redeeming feature. The end suggests that this may be the first of a series -- I would guess a trilogy -- a prospect which makes me very happy.

The book is written in spare prose and with a lightness of touch which makes it a pleasure to read.

Graphic, erotic and enjoyable read
This was a very interesting piece of fiction, written in an autobiographical format, of a young man finding his way in the 1930s Depression landing a job as a stagehand at the Palace of Varieties. Paul gets to do a few turns backstage, landing him deeper into a depraved and risky existence. The characters are interesting in their diversity, as are Paul's encounters with wealthy art patrons, a masochistic Russian artist, a straight friend with some curiosity, dodgy police officers and his mysterious, elusive mentor, Albert. It's full of graphic and explicit sex scenes and yet keeps a plot boiling that is hard to put down. A wonderfully graphic and well written classic. A terrific read for those who like their erotica to get really mucky but intellectually stimulating at the same time.