tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2775364370885110986.post2964958428588142424..comments2023-06-08T06:13:25.171-07:00Comments on Mostly Crappy Books: Celebrity: Wonder Bread and Ecstasy: The Life & Death of Joey StefanoAbrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126027036169180235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2775364370885110986.post-78639925798737506222014-05-08T10:06:37.466-07:002014-05-08T10:06:37.466-07:00When I read Isherwood's book, I became fascina...When I read Isherwood's book, I became fascinated by the relationship between Joey Stefano and gay porn director Chi Chi Larue. My interest in that relationship became the launching off point for the characters in my novel ‘The End of Billy Knight.’ <br /><br />In many ways, my characters are very different than real-life Joey Stefano and Chi Chi Larue. My character 'Billy Knight' doesn't share Stefano's drug addiction, and real-life Chi Chi Larue has more integrity in her little finger than my character 'Sasha Zahore' has in her entire body. Still, the seed for them came from Isherwood's book, and from his descriptions of Stefano and Larue.<br /><br />See for yourself here: www.amazon.com/End-Billy-Knight-Novel-ebook/dp/B00JDW59ES/Ty Jacobhttp://tyjacob.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2775364370885110986.post-10948860403866612942009-05-21T12:54:18.573-07:002009-05-21T12:54:18.573-07:00Good intuitive analysis on the dude. I actually re...Good intuitive analysis on the dude. I actually read this book back in '98 upon seeing it on a table in a stack, at the Shakespeare & Books bookstore in downtown NYC, literally not knowing who he was! I was instantly intrigued, more by his looks, and bought it. Yes, it didn't really delve too much into the inner-mechanics of why he was the way he was, the prostitution and drugs which go hand in hand, his chosen porn-career which took him from here in NYC to LA, and back, eventually and sadly dying alone in LA. Tragedy unfortunately was very close to him, consumed him, until taking him altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com