Author: Humphry Knipe
Paperback: 282 pages
Publisher: Createspace (November 19, 2010)
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Note: I received this book free from the author, Humphry Knipe. The review posted below is based on my personal thoughts while reading the book.
Ratings:
★ ★ ★ ★
My thoughts:
The first few pages were a little slow-paced, you know getting to know the characters. The novel is actually based on the author's personal experience, also based on real people and actual events. For me, it is what makes the book interesting. The novel talks about the story of how an underage girl, Blue got into porn movies. This book actually takes you to how the porn industry/business works. Girls like Blue usually start with some modeling and dancing in clubs. Eventually these girls get tired of it and would dream BIG. For them BIG means doing porn movies. Imagine they could get one to two thousand dollars per day. Who can resist that?
Things got complicated when Blue, after getting into porn movies, realized she wants to cross-over in making legitimate movies. Aaron Fine, her producer would not allow her to stop doing porn movies and for her there is only one thing she can do to end everything. That is to reveal she is seventeen years old not twenty-one as she first claimed.
I really enjoyed reading the story. When the author approached me for a book review, I was hesitant to read Lies, Love & Porn since I am not really into porn stories. After re-reading the synopsis, I decided I really want to try this one out. I'm just so glad I did. I had a great time reading this. I recommend this story to readers looking for a unique experience.
About the book:
It is 1986, a year when shooting blue movies is both chic and dangerous. It is the year that President Reagan publishes his chilling 1,960 page Commission on Pornography, payback to the religious right who had re-elected him to office in 1984. It is the year that superstar Traci Lords turns 18 and admits that she was underage when she performed in more than 100 erotic movies. Lies, Love & Porn is set during this turbulent time. Damon Luce, a cult film director, makes his fortune but loses his soul directing porn movies. PC, who Damon discovered and groomed, is reaching the end of her carnal career. Into their increasingly desperate lives comes a beautiful teenager with a false ID who calls herself Blue and who is on a fast track to mainstream movie stardom. At first Blue seems to be the answer to everyone's prayers but she has a game plan of her own.
About the author:
Award winning novelist Humphry Knipe is a graduate of Rhodes University, South Africa. He is co-author of The Dominant Man (Delacorte 1972), a study of animal and human "pecking orders" which has been translated in five languages and was hailed as "absolutely brilliant" by author Colin Wilson. In 1977 he ghosted the autobiography of his wife, famed erotic photographer Suze Randall, titled Suze (Dell 1977).
The Nero Prediction (Process 2005) a revolutionary re-evaluation of Rome's notorious emperor, won the 2006 Independent Publishers "Best Historical Novel" award. Lies, Love & Porn draws on his intimate involvement in the Traci Lords underage fiasco of 1986.
He lives on a ranch in Malibu, California. He and Suze Randall have three children.
Email: Humknipe@gmail.com
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