In this hilariously perverse collection of essays, celebrated British writer and satirists Mark Simpson takes a warped look at a fin de siecle world of pop culture where nothing is as straight -- or as gay -- as it seems. You'll revel in Simpson's wild adventures and shocking discoveries. Along the way, Simpson interviews Oscar Wilde and discovers that he's perplexed by all those rumors about his private life and would like to set the record straight; nearly has a fight with Jimmy Somerville (whom he describes as a lesbian trapped in a gay man's body); talks with London Suede about posing sodomites and why straights do camp so much better than dreary gays these days; outs Tom Cruise; discusses the cultural significance of foreskins with some U.S. Marines in Tijuana; and watches a groom being buggered by lesbian strippers at his stag night party.
- ISBN10 078900609X
- ISBN13 9780789006097
- Publish Date 28 January 1999 (first published 18 January 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 16 November 2010
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
- Imprint Haworth Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 250
- Language English