
Chicken
David Henry Sterry(Author)
Canongate Books (Publisher)
Published on 3. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-84195-394-6 (ISBN)
Description
Emerging from an almost normal suburban family of British emigres, before descending into the life of a teenage prostitute in Hollywood, this is David Sterry's unforgettable chronicle of a season spent walking the razor-sharp edge between painful innocence and the allure of the abyss. Arriving in town to attend college, but desperate for money, Sterry was introduced to a pimp who established him as a male prostitute serving wealthy older women (and occasionally men). Juxtaposed against bitter anecdotes from Sterry's disintegrating family life is an unflinching and fascinating account of the Neverland of post-Sixties sexual excess. The frank descriptions of his 'dates' range from wickedly funny to baroque to deeply disturbing.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84195-394-6 (9781841953946)
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Person
DAVID HENRY STERRY has worked as an actor, a marriage counselor, a screenwriter, a comedian, and an athlete. He lives in San Rafael, California. A one-man show based on Chicken will be showcased in San Francisco, with plans for its European debut at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.