cover image Afterwords: Real Sex from Gay Men's Diaries

Afterwords: Real Sex from Gay Men's Diaries

. Alyson Books, $14.95 (247pp) ISBN 978-1-55583-656-6

After heady doses of history and theory, readers can turn to more book-based pursuits with a title from Kevin Bentley (Sailor: Vintage Photos of a Masculine Icon): Afterwords: Real Sex from Gay Men's Diaries. Whether it's love or lust or power games, the scenarios are always hot. Oral sex with Croatian hustlers in back allies, orgies in French bars, anonymous encounters in cemeteries and bath houses, three-ways, s&m and every other variety of gay sexual encounter is recounted in detail. Many contributors take pains to describe their emotional and physical reactions, the milieu, the sky, the city streets. This top-drawer erotic anthology from a well-known and well-respected house will sell like hotcakes. (Dec.)