
Unzipped
A True Story of Sex, Drugs, Rollerskates and Murder
David Henry Sterry(Author)
Canongate Books (Publisher)
Published on 2. August 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-84195-933-7 (ISBN)
Description
Manhattan, mid-'80s: Madonna debuts her bullet-bra at Danceteria, a fifty-foot Brooke Shields jeans ad adorns Times Square, Wall Street is cash-happy, while at Chippendales - the world renowned male strip club - it's raining men, and girls just wanna have fun. Acclaimed memoirist David Henry Sterry, author of Chicken, was literally at the centre of the madness as the roller-skating emcee of the nightly beefcake parade.
Unzipped is the action-packed, compelling true story of a fledgling actor whose first big break results in a two-year stint as the emcee at the world's most famous and hedonistic strip club. Ultimately, though, all great parties must come to an end, and the gangland style assassination of his boss, the man responsible for the phenomenal success of the beefcake boys, marked the beginning of the end of the party-all-the-time 80s in New York City.
Seedy glamour, dirty little secrets, hilarious backstage madness and unflinching, brutal honesty make David Sterry's Unzipped an entertaining and moving memoir.
Unzipped is the action-packed, compelling true story of a fledgling actor whose first big break results in a two-year stint as the emcee at the world's most famous and hedonistic strip club. Ultimately, though, all great parties must come to an end, and the gangland style assassination of his boss, the man responsible for the phenomenal success of the beefcake boys, marked the beginning of the end of the party-all-the-time 80s in New York City.
Seedy glamour, dirty little secrets, hilarious backstage madness and unflinching, brutal honesty make David Sterry's Unzipped an entertaining and moving memoir.
Reviews / Votes
Enjoyable, funny, slickly written, and almost as meticulously choreographed as a Chippendale show. * * Independent * * In its fun, glossy, brittle way it perfectly captures the spirit of the age. -- Robert Douglas-Fairhurst * * Telegraph * * [Sterry's] hilarious account of the screaming women, hissy fits, mega drug abuse and eventually death/murder of the charismatic man behind the act, Nick de Noia, is both engaging and entertaining. * * Refresh * * Everything you always pretended you didn't want to know about stripping (but secretly did) . . . from the funniest, wisest guide imaginable. -- Jenny ColganMore details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 16 mm
Width: 217 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84195-933-7 (9781841959337)
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Person
David Henry Sterry was at the centre of the hedonistic madness of Manhattan in the 1980s as the roller-skating emcee of Chippendales nightclub. He has also worked as an actor, a marriage counsellor, a screenwriter, a comedian and an athlete. His first memoir, Chicken, told the story of his teenage years as a prostitute/college student in Beverly Hills. He lives in California.