Nothing Personal: Business of Sex

by Donald Mc Rae (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1992

  $4.27

  The buying and selling of sex has long been cast into a subverted underworld of urban commerce, both against and outside the law. Yet it is the oldest of professions and one which still thrives in today's communities, with a diversity few would acknowledge or imagine. This book takes a look at the business of sex in contemporary London: what exactly is for sale, who is selling it, and, of course, who is buying it. Exploring the lives of pimps, prostitutes and rent boys, this investigation takes the author from Soho backrooms to escort agencies to the city streets. It records the stories of men and women, gay or straight, client or commodity, whose lives are bound up in this exchange of sex for money, uncovering the motivations, the dangers and the rewards. Part observation, part personal accounts, this book reveals a complex world bound simply by the psychology of transaction. While variety solicits business, many of the emotions are shared: alienation, fantasy, exploitation, violence, self-loathing, love and hate. Nothing Personal plumbs this spectrum and comes up with a picture as emotive as it is shocking.