Allan MacDonell

Prior to read Prisoner of X by Allan MacDonell, my only exposure to Hustler magazine and Larry Flynt was through the Milos Forman movie People vs. Larry Flynt. I sort of knew that it was at the lower rungs of taste as far as porn goes, but until reading this book, I never realized the depths to which the magazine would go to attempt to titillate men. MacDonell discusses the graphic photo shoots and the far over the edge cartoons, as well as the apparently groundbreaking "cum shot".
However, aside from all the dirtiness, I also found that this was an interesting story of a man, very slowly, coming to confront his humanity and determining to exactly what lengths he was willing to stretch his morals before he just couldn't take any more. In addition, I must admit that I took a certain pleasure in reading about how Flynt and Hustler magazine were instrumental in exposing some of the key Republican players in the Clinton impeachment as true hypocrites. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of the publishing industry or to anyone who really hates their job and wonders just how bad it could get.… (lisätietoja)