I was disappointed with this book. I was hoping to learn about Nick Iacona Jr., not Joey Stefano, Nick's superstar porn moniker. When I read the work "titillate" on the back cover, I should have put it back on the shelf.

This author just brushes over Nick's formative years growing up in Philadelphia (Chester) and moves right into the PORN! If I wanted to know about that, I can rent or buy Joey Stefano videos. What else is there to know about that part of his life?

Interviews appear to only have been conducted with those who influenced "Joey" not Nick. I could really care less about the lifes of the various drug addled drag queens and low lifes that used him (and vice-versa) while he lived in L.A. and NYC.

The author's opinions about Nick's relationship with his family and especially his father are just that, the authors opinions. His writings indicating Nick's need for attention were brought on by his rocky relationship with his dad, should be insulting to all gay men, since the author suggests that gay men always have rocky relationships with their fathers. Thanks for reinforcing another stereotype!

There is videography of Joey's work @ the end. It includes the authors comments outlining Joey's best sex scenes, etc....Unbelievable! Did the author want this book to be taken seriously?

Nick's story could be a good book, this one just isn't it. If the author had done his research and focused less on the trash in L.A. that influenced Joey and more on Nick's early years and relationships with his friends and family in Pennsylvania, perhaps he could have written a thoughtful, sad story of this troubled young man. It could have been a book that some less sympathetic straight people could read and actually feel empathy for a gay man. Instead, its just another weapon for the far right to throw in gay folks faces.

By the way, since when is Chester, Pennsylvania the "country's heartland"?



Recommended: No