Shameless
By (Author) Paul Burston
Little, Brown Book Group
Abacus
13th June 2002
2nd May 2002
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
288
Width 200mm, Height 130mm, Spine 20mm
208g
Martin is kind, decent and good-looking. And look where it's got him. His boyfriend of four years has run off with a male prostitute. His friends John and Caroline are no help - John prefers infamy to sympathy and Caroline is too busy trying to work out if her wonderful, sensitive boyfriend is a closet case. And to top it all, Martin's hippie father turns up to stay, wearing his 'Proud to be an Embarrassing Parent' badge.
To escape, Martin jumps head first into hedonism, throwing himself into the gay club scene, a world of drugs and muscles, hard bodies and harder music. Meanwhile Caroline is learning that being Shameless has its price, and so does she... How long can they keep up with the lifestyle And can they find the man of their dreams when sex has become a substitute for love, and pleasure is measured in beats per minute...Kind, decent Martin is devastated when his boyfriend of four years runs off with a male prostitute. He jumps into hedonism whilst his friend Caroline is learning that being shameless has its price. Can they find the men of their dreams when sex has become a substitute for love
Paul Burston was born in Yorkshire, raised in South Wales and now lives in London. A journalist and broadcaster, his work has appeared in TIME OUT, the SUNDAY TIMES, the GUARDIAN, the INDEPENDENT, the INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY and on CHANNEL FOUR.