Title: Chicken: Self-Portrait
of a Young Man for Rent
Ten Year Anniversary Edition
Ten Year Anniversary Edition
Author: David Henry
Sterry
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Format: Trade Paperback
Pages: 254
ISBN: 978-1593765279Genre: Memoir
Pub Date: Feb 28, 2014
Distributor: Publishers Group West
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Format: Trade Paperback
Pages: 254
ISBN: 978-1593765279Genre: Memoir
Pub Date: Feb 28, 2014
Distributor: Publishers Group West
"Ten years ago, this debut memoir from Sterry burst
upon the literary scene with an energy and inventiveness... Sterry’s memoir
still crackles with its unsparingly honest approach." Publishers Weekly, September 2, 2013. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59376-527-9
“Sterry
writes with comic brio … [he] honed a vibrant outrageous writing style and
turned out this studiously wild souvenir of a checkered past.” – Janet Maslin,
The New York Times
“A
beautiful book… a real work of literature.” – Vanessa Feltz,
BBC
“Insightful and funny… captures Hollywood
beautifully” – Larry Mantle, Air Talk, NPR
“Jawdropping… A carefully crafted piece of
work…” -Benedicte Page, Book News, UK
“A
1-night read. Should be mandatory reading for parents and kids.” -Bert Lee, Talk
of the Town
“Alternately sexy and terrifying, hysterical
and weird, David Henry Sterry’s Chicken is a hot walk on the wild side of
Hollywood’s fleshy underbelly. With lush prose and a flawless ear for the
rhythms of the street, Sterry lays out a life lived on the edge in a
coming-of-age classic that’s colorful, riveting, and strangely beautiful.”
–Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight
“Compulsively readable, visceral, and very
funny.” – Phillip Lopate, author of Portrait of My Body
“Like an
X-rated Boogie Nights narrated by a teenage Alice in Wonderland…I read the book
from cover to cover in one night...” -Places Magazine
“Snappy
and acutely observational writing… It’s a book filled with wit, some moments of
slapstick, and of some severe poignancy… a flair for descriptive language…” –
Ian Beetlestone, Leeds Guide
“Brutally
illuminating and remarkably compassionate… a walk on the wild side which is
alternatively exhilarating and horrifying, outrageous and tragic… Essential
reading.” – Big Issue
“Visceral, frank and compulsive reading.’
–City Life, Manchester
“Sparkling prose… a triumph of the will.”
-Buzz Magazine
“Pick of
the Week.” –Independent
“Impossible to put down, even, no,
especially when, the sky is falling…Vulnerable, tough, innocent and wise… A
fast-paced jazzy writing style… a great read.” –Hallmemoirs
“Full of
truth, horror, and riotous humor.” -The Latest Books
“His
memoir is a super-readable roller coaster — the story of a young man who sees
more of the sexual world in one year than most people ever do.” – Dr. Carol
Queen, Spectator Magazine
“Terrifically readable… Sterry’s an
adventurer who happens to feel and think deeply. He’s written a thoroughly
absorbing story sensitively and with great compassion… A page-turner… This is a
strange story told easily and well.” – Eileen Berdon,
Erotica.com
Author's
Bio
David Henry Sterry
is the bestselling author of 16 books, a performer, muckraker, educator,
activist, and book doctor. His new book Chicken Self:-Portrait of a Man for
Rent, 10 Year Anniversary Edition, has been translated into
10 languages. He's also written Hos, Hookers, Call Girls and Rent Boys:
Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money and Sex, which appeared on the
front cover of the Sunday New York Times Book Review. He is a finalist for the
Henry Miller Award. He has appeared on, acted with, written for, been employed
as, worked and/or presented at: Will Smith, a marriage counselor, Disney
screenwriter, Stanford University, National Public Radio, Milton Berle,
Huffington Post, a sodajerk, the Taco Bell chihuahua, Penthouse, the London
Times, Michael Caine, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a human guinea pig and Zippy
the Chimp. He can be found at www.davidhenrysterry.com. Http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/
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