{"product_id":"mccaffery-paperback-1","title":"McCaffery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Gorham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinally back in print! This ground-breaking, controversial novel, banned in Australia and other countries for it's \"homosexual references,\" was the dream acting\/directing project of actor Sal Mineo, who was tragically murdered only hours after learning the movie would finally be made. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVincent McCaffery is a bright, good-looking, and gifted teenager hustler who seduces both men and women for money. He moves from a NY tenement into a plush Greenwich Village brothel, hoping to make it rich, but he falls in love with a prostitute and then plunges into a world of decadence and violence when an older man becomes obsessed with him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's about a boy hustler and a girl hustler who fall in love. It deals with the essential purity of love. The story's essentials remind me of \u003ci\u003eCrime \u0026amp; Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e and the boy especially reminds me of Roskolnikov.\" Sal Mineo \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMcCaffery\u003c\/i\u003e takes us to the very limits of depravity and then beyond. The prostitution of the soul as well as the body is presented in this novel in a vigorous fashion.\" \u003ci\u003eNashville Banner\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gorham relates it all with economy, believable sobriety, and dramatic depth of feeling. He has succeeded in making this story of a seemingly lost life into a Greek drama of universal elements.\" \u003ci\u003eCourier-Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(Louisville, KY) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gordham has written a perfectly horrible story of perversion in the big city.\" \u003ci\u003eManchester Evening News \u003c\/i\u003e(UK) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A full-fledged portrait of a working-class Irish boy who becomes a hustler and call boy. Gorham's novels, literary works with pot-boiler topics (prostitution, alcoholism, street crime), were known for their bluntness and realism. \u003ci\u003eMcCaffery's \u003c\/i\u003epower lies not so much in its expose of male prostitution, but in its protagonist's troubled, sexualized relationship with his brutal father.\" Michael Bronski, \u003ci\u003ePulp Friction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fast-paced, magnetizing...shrewd and literate.\" \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"While the gay characters of this novel are not central or well developed, the larger questions around blackmail, what would later be known as gay-bashing, and exploitation of teenage boys for prostitution are central. This is a dark story of money, power and poverty.\" \u003ci\u003eHomofabula\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is a raw book, one of the most controversial novels of recent years. For readers old enough to know where babies come from, \u003ci\u003eLady Chatterley's Lover\u003c\/i\u003e is really a dull book. Nobody can say that about \u003ci\u003eMcCaffery\u003c\/i\u003e.\" Frederick Wertham, author of \u003ci\u003eSeduction of the Innocent.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48048690036887,"sku":"9781962896153","price":22.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4552\/4631\/files\/Tlj8w1wfrv9781962896153_83b202aa-d7f5-4ef0-a74f-ec3244fc82da.webp?v=1784853012","url":"https:\/\/leyambercollective.com\/products\/mccaffery-paperback-1","provider":"Ley Amber Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}