Shameless

Shameless

by PaulBurston (Author)

Synopsis

Martin is kind, decent and good-looking. And look where it's got him. His boyfriend of four years has run off with a male prostitute. His friends John and Caroline are no help - John prefers infamy to sympathy and Caroline is too busy trying to work out if her wonderful, sensitive boyfriend is a closet case. And to top it all, Martin's hippie father turns up to stay, wearing his 'Proud to be an Embarrassing Parent' badge. To escape, Martin jumps head first into hedonism, throwing himself into the gay club scene, a world of drugs and muscles, hard bodies and harder music. Meanwhile Caroline is learning that being Shameless has its price, and so does she...How long can they keep up with the lifestyle? And can they find the man of their dreams when sex has become a substitute for love, and pleasure is measured in beats per minute...?

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 02 May 2002

ISBN 10: 034911479X
ISBN 13: 9780349114798
Book Overview: * Advertising to include London Underground poster campaign and postcards in metropolitan bars through out the UK * Author PR activity to include media interviews and events in key cities * Review coverage * Submitted for trade promotions * To be featured at the Brighton Festival

Media Reviews
A wickedly funny comedy centring around the lives and loves of Martin, a gay man who's just been dumped and his two best friends, eager to help him our but not quite sure how to go about it. * RED *
A juicy QUEER AS FOLK- like read. * COMPANY *
Wickedly funny. * HEAT *
Straddles low and high brow, working as both a colonically challenged BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY and a coruscating expose of the drug-infested urban gay experience, so often mistaked for liberating hedonism. * THE FACE *
Author Bio
Paul Burston's work has appeared in TIME OUT, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY and on CHANNEL 4. The INDEPENDENT named him 'one of the 40 most influential gay men in Britain'. He is also a curator in residence at the South Bank.