{"product_id":"liar-alleged-david-vass-9798989074518","title":"Liar, Alleged: A Tell-All: Celebrities, Sex, and All the Rest: A Tell-All: Celebrities, Sex, and All the Rest: A Tell-All: Celebritie","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 50s, gays took on stereotypical roles David Vass did \u003cem\u003enot \u003c\/em\u003eembrace. \"I wasn't a top, bottom, butch or fem - I scared the shit out of \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e the homos I met!\" Entertaining, humorous, and shocking, he reveals secrets of the record labels (how he became a mafia money runner), juicy, never-before-told anecdotes about legendary celebrities - Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe and Tony award winners that he technical directed. Over 100 World Class difficult personalities were kept in line by Vass. Many shared their secrets with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At seven, I stopped talking for two years because of a speech impediment and started writing. Diaries were the first of my addictions. I wrote down \u003cem\u003eeverything \u003c\/em\u003ethat happened to me for seven decades. These outrageous experiences are the bones of my book; I hope none of the mobsters I knew will leave a horse's head in my bed!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid's story is \u003cem\u003estill \u003c\/em\u003erelevant, given today's political backpedaling of our civil liberties. His life is raunchy, hilarious, twisted, and brutally honest. A laugh-out-loud page-turner: gay little boy of the 50s, stumbles into the dangerous world of strip clubs in the 60s where he learned his talent as a technical director. Working the hottest clubs and iconic theatres, record labels lined up to contract him for his 'celebrity-whisperer' talents and his connections to the mob in the 70s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fun he had in prison; \"best sex of my life\", thrills with pills, robbing his mother in drag thinking she wouldn't recognize him. She did. His salacious adventures in a pre-AIDs world. A homo-hobo, Vass's mash-up is brutally honest and a cautionary tale laced with inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Vass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8989074517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989074518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Real Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"David Vass","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44716567363839,"sku":"9798989074518","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fbfb7d13-64e4-462c-a51e-d6b813ba762d.jpg?v=1705682834","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/liar-alleged-david-vass-9798989074518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}