Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1851193 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 228 pages

Synopsis
Unleashed from the cutting-edge of pornography, sexual abuse and degradation, Sotos draws from sourced documents and his own experiences and insights, to reveal the harsh and brutal extremes that lurk within the sex industry.

Customer Reviews

Revolting and degrading...
...Peter Sotos' gloating in regard to the misfortune of other people, like hiv-infected porn stars and child murder victim Jon Benet Ramsey and family, is... a taste left to be desired.
His broken up style of writing, with several different narratives/rantings intertwined, makes his writing even more unaccessible.
Radical/trangressive literature is supposed to be fun, Peter Sotos is not fun. But then again, maybe the alert reader should read this as well, to know where to draw the line, to find one's own barriers of tolerance. Peter Sotos seems to enjoy a reputation of ultimate truth teller, a reputation that lives as long he is talked about, and dies as soon as he is read, and the truth about his inclinations becomes knowledge, he hopefully will be removed from the cult fiction canon.
One star for content, one star for writing. This sucks.

"Documentary prose" about sexuality and degradation
Dangerous, fresh and insightful book in the age when we are literally drowning in the sea of so-called "subversive" literature. Just when you thought that Dennis Cooper is the one and only contemporary writer exploring the legacy of dark and shining sickening beauty (de Sade, Jean Genet), Peter Sotos (also known for his proto-industrial band Whitehouse)is here to prove you wrong with his trance-inducing set of books devoted to deviation and filth. The puzzle that Sotos is playing with consists of the media-hype surrounding sexuality and the hidden deviant thoughts of an individual, but Sotos is far from being a suggestive narrator and is simply acting as your guide through the depths of human humiliation leaving all the morals and conclusions up to you. Cold, rude, distanced and emotionally unattached, "Tick" is not meant to make you smile. Written in unique "documentary prose" style, it will grab you by the ears and won't let you relax. This is a book you would definitely never want to buy for any of your friends, but on the other hand, you will enjoy staying awake late at night reading it and feeling its intense hold long after putting it aside. Terryfing and dazzling.

Cutting Edge
Excellent cutting edge stuff. A must read for anyone who looks for the raw truth and with Peter Sotos you get just that!