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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.6 / 5.0

Surprisingly dull:

The 1970s were a time of sexual freedom and optimism for the gay male community in the United States. Having broken out and found a sense of identity and pride in the wake of Stonewall, gay men celebrated their sexuality, many to excess, in a brief explosion of gleeful hedonism before the scourge of AIDS swept all before it.

Roger Edmonson, having profiled an icon of this lost era, Casey Donovan, with fair success, attempts the same with another star of gay male pornography from the same period, Drew... more info

A basic life story of a classic gay star.:

This book is a quick knockoff, derived from the autobiographical notes Drew Okun left of his life and times, with a few interviews of friends and family thrown in. So many quotes are unattributed that I had to guess where the author got much of his material. The resulting biography is adequate to establish the basic life story of the man who became "Al Parker" (named by "Rip Colt"; almost everyone in the porn industry is pseudonymous). Drew developed a conflicted relationship with "Al," making his life... more info

Threw this in the Dumpster --:

-- immediately after our hero tells us how he found his rape at knifepoint, at the age of 15, to be exciting and stimulating. Knowing survivors of sexual violence, I found this totally unacceptable. One could almost say Okun/Parker got what he deserved. No apologies.

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