Rent Boy

Description

A noir tour-de-force set in the world of hustlers from “one of America’s darkest and funniest chroniclers.” (The Guardian)

It’s New York City, 1981, and everyone wants to be at the Emerson Club, from Cindy Crawford to Cindy Adams; from Famous Roger, one-time lion of the talk shows, to Sandy Miller, the “downtown” writer with the tattoos and the leather; from Lauren Hutton to the art star who does the thing with the poken plates. Everyone, that is, except Danny. Danny just works there, waiting tables to put himself through architecture school, turning tricks on the side. And when he’s not on the clock, he’s recording the sexual, aesthetic, and financial transactions that make up his life, in gruesome detail. But even a clever boy like Danny can wind up on the menu. Blinded by love for his fellow rent boy, Chip–as gorgeous as he is reckless–Danny is about to learn that there’s more than one way to turn your body into cash, and that cynicism is no defense when the real scalpels come out. A gimlet-eyed crime novel with an inventively filthy mind, Rent Boy is Gary Indiana at his most outrageous–and his best.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Gary Indiana
Published: 01/10/2023
Publisher: McNally Editions
ISBN: 9781946022523
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 0.47″ H x 8.43″ L x 4.88″ W

About the Author
Indiana, Gary: – Gary Indiana (1950-2024) was a critic, actor, artist, and author of some of the most audacious novels of our time, including Horse Crazy, Gone Tomorrow, Do Everything in the Dark, and the acclaimed “true crime” trilogy made up of Resentment, Three-Month Fever, and Depraved Indifference. He has also published a memoir, I Can Give You Anything but Love; a collection of art criticism, Vile Days; and Fire Season: Selected Essays.