Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #673002 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Synopsis
Being gay in Hollywood is never easy. But thanks to his homophobic female boss, Bart Cain's life is a living hell. Now this disgruntled staff writer has an axe to grind - not only with his boss, but with the entire industry...But first, Bart teams up with Rodrigo Dominguez, a lusty Latino hustler convinced that his big break is just around the corner, and Jim Fallon, an actor whose all-American image implodes when his home-made sadomasochistic porn video is leaked to tabloid television. Jim may have hit rock bottom in unforgiving LA LA Land, but he isn't the only closeted icon who has seen it all - and now he's ready to tell all, with a little help from Bart and Rod. The stage is set for the trio to wreak havoc on the biz. But Bart can't help wondering if partners in crime just might become partners in life. TRICKS OF THE TRADE reached no.2 on both the New York Blade and Washington Blade best-seller lists and was a selection of the InSight Out Book Club.

Customer Reviews

Fantastically funny - wrap yourself in this book!
The fantastic cover picture draws the eye, but there is always a hint about the sort of book that has these designs. You know it will be slight, readable and instantly forgettable. Well, not this time!

This is a well written novel, funny, articulate and clever, with the essential element often missing or weak in many comparable novels - in short this book actually has a plot that keeps the attention of the reader from the first page to the last.

The characters are well rounded, and believable - there are elements of so many people in these characters, with hints at real people peppered throughout.

Read this book, sit down, relax, enjoy. Then read it again and enjoy all the bits you missed first time round!

OUTSTANDING, SEXY and DEVILISHLY FUNNY
I heard about this book from a review in UNZIPPED Magazine that said, "****! At last, a gay Jackie Collins novel! If Aaron Spelling is reading this review, he should buy it for a series. NOW!" This is a terrific book in many ways: (1) it's impossible to put down; (2) the barrage of erotic scenes don't cheat on the heat, you may need asbestos gloves when handling these pages; (3) the Hollywood guessing game of thinly-veiled celebrities in fictional form is as entertaining at those weekly blind items on [a] gay gossip column... (4) it has a nasty, biting, bitchy sense of humor; (5) it has an honestly engrossing STORY of backstabbing ruthlessness that reminded me of ALL ABOUT EVE and SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS; and (6) when it IS made into a TV series (like QUEER AS FOLK, which it resembles) you can say, "Oh, I read that LAST SUMMER and the book was better!" Its the ONE book I'm recommending to ALL my friends this season.