Theatre
Whore veteran
The true story of DAVID HENRY STERRY. Hollywood ‘sex technician‘. I : Mark Fisher
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not it primiitiile. \he\ il thiel. .\ hiige gii_\ .ippe.ii\ .iiid \,l_\\ he'll liii Sterr} \\ ith hix eliih mile“ he ilillliix ox er ill\ iiioiie_\. lliii Siei'r} il.l\ ,i death \\ ixh. 'l‘iii not going to go e _\oii the iiioiie}.' he \.l_\\. ‘( ‘oiiie iihe.id ;iiid hit iiie.'
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literally the iie\l dii} I \l;ii'led looking lot it theigiiiixlf \.i}\ Sleii} on it promotional trip to Izdiiihiirgh to plug ('liii In I]. the iiiiiohiogmph} on \ihieh hix oiie-iiiiiii \hou ix ilihL‘ii. ‘l \\il\ l-reiided. priiiiul \ei'e.iiiied. I‘.l\l lile [l'illl\:_'l'L‘\\Cti . . . [or me. h_\piiotheriip_\ \\;i\ the one that \ioi'ked It took three _\e;ii'\ to eoiiie lo grit“ \\llli
exer}thiiig ih;it \\il\ |i\iiig lll\|dL' me. I [I'M F rel;ip\ed \(l ltlttll} Illtte\. doing dullgel‘tilh o A \e\ii;il thing. I kiie\\ e\er} uhoi'e hiiiig HUI Ill L'\L‘l'_\ eil} I L‘\ Cl‘ il\ ed llld
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‘I knew every whore hang-out in every city I ever lived in'
home and hiiggered hiiii. lixeiipiiig limit that. he \\iillllti up \xilh it iiiiiip \\ho \xhored him out to rieh iiiid Il'CLlllL‘IlII} dixiiirhed llolhxiood “omen. He'x liiek) to he ;i|i\ e.
No“ iiiiirried l'or ll \eeoiid time hix lirxl iiiiirriuge Woke up heeiiiixe ol hix eoiiiiiiiied inlidelit} illld teiideiie} to get hegiieii tip in el'uek lllllll\ he ix the \er} l'igiire ol~ (.Llilitll'lllml good heiilth. radiating ;i l'eelgood Cllllllhlihllt [hill heliex hix piixi. "'l‘he \iritiiig ol' the hook \\Al\ ;i liiiieiioii ol the tr} iiig to M“ e iii} Me. U) ing to heal iii} \ell' Il'tllll it” ihix \hitf he \il}\.
.\'o\\ he's in ii ptl\llliill to help olhei'x :iiid teuehex ilillllL'ic\\ kidx ihgii ii ix poxxihle to ehiiiige. ‘l \xork ill (I _\oiiih pi'ojeei :iiid we go out on the \lreetx in Sun i‘l‘ullL‘lu‘H. When the} we the the} go: "Yo. eruphole. \\|i;il the l‘iiek do _\oii klltm. mun?" Alli] then I \illl“ theiii Ill} hook. I [he‘d to he ;i \killlk} ho'. 'l‘heir e) ex \xiden illlti their \xhole deiiieuiioiir ehiiiigex. I'm pairt ol‘ Ll li'uleriiil} ol‘ hairlei'ed illlti loxl ho)\ and girl» .ill\l iiie heiiig there xiiggextx )Ull doii'l ilil\ e lo end up on heroin. iii iiiil or deud.‘ Chicken - the True Story of a Teenage Gigolo, Assembly Rooms, 226 2428, 1-25 Aug, 7.50pm, $210-$211 (29-210); Book Festival, Charlotte Square, 624 5050, 23 Aug, 6.45pm, £8 (£6).
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