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A review by alexandriaslibrary
Rent Boy by Gary Indiana
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Needed a five-star read in my life and Rent Boy & McNallys pulled through!
A recently reprinted, gritty novella from the 90s about male sex work, nightlife in New York City, and grandiose musings of sex, the body, work, connection.
Danny is a gay sex worker in his 20s who works as a waiter at a hip bar frequented by the art scene elite, hangs around with his fellow rent boys, and winds up in a scam with his achingly beautiful friend Chip.
"What are they smiling at? The fact that they know there will always be a museum of perfect boy bodies to worship at, and any item can be had for less than two hundred dollars an hour."
A recently reprinted, gritty novella from the 90s about male sex work, nightlife in New York City, and grandiose musings of sex, the body, work, connection.
Danny is a gay sex worker in his 20s who works as a waiter at a hip bar frequented by the art scene elite, hangs around with his fellow rent boys, and winds up in a scam with his achingly beautiful friend Chip.
"What are they smiling at? The fact that they know there will always be a museum of perfect boy bodies to worship at, and any item can be had for less than two hundred dollars an hour."