Synopsis
Martin is kind, decent, not bad on the eyes... and look where that's got him. His boyfriend of four years has run off with a male prostitute, and his friends John and Caroline both have enough excess baggage to fill a Louis Vuitton window display. What's a nice gay man to do? With no one to turn to, Martin decides to relive the wild youth he never had and, at the ripe old age of 32, jumps head-first into hedonism. But soon the nights of drugs, muscle-hard bodies, and even harder music take their toll, and Martin, John, and Caroline find that as fun as being absolutely shameless is (and girl, can it be fun!), it also has a price, one which they may not ultimately be able to pay., - The success of Ben Tyler's "Hunk House (Kensington, 5/03) and "Tricks of the Trade (Kensington, 2002) and Doug Guinan's "California Screaming (Simon & Schuster, 1998) proves there is a market for gay "beach reads" like SHAMELESS.- Originally published in the UK, SHAMELESS has also been published in France, Germany, and Hungary.- Paul Burston was born in Yorkshire, England, and raised in Wales. A journalist and a broadcaster, his work has appeared in several UK publications, including the "Sunday Times, Guardian, and "Independent, among others. SHAMELESS is his first novel.- SHAMELESS will be published in June, which is Gay Pride Month, with plenty of tie-in opportunities to promote the book., Martin is kind, decent, not bad on the eyes.... and look where that's got him. His boyfriend of four years has run off with a male prostitute, and his friends John and Caroline both have enough excess baggage to fill a Louis Vuitton window display.
