Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars

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Like so many young men of the time, the experience gave Scotty the realization that life is too short and cruel not to spend it in the pursuit of pleasure, both giving and receiving. Any straying from that hard-won conceit by the people who perpetuated the image — even in their private lives — would undermine all of their efforts. On the one hand it's a scandalous summer beach read, packing with filthy juice Hollywood gossip that you may or may not believe. The book, which was vetted by a libel lawyer before publication, was refused by several publishers before ultimately being accepted by Grove Press and Grove/Atlantic.

This is salacious, graphic material, but I read reviews beforehand and was aware of and prepared for its type of content. Well, if you look at the cover of his memoir, you'll see a strikingly handsome man in his Marine uniform. The structure hops around on the timeline, too, so be prepared to recalibrate where in time the story is taking place. Scotty Bowers goes on and on about how awful someone was but then ends it with "but we were very good friends and remained so for years.He was very good-looking, and flexible, so the "tricking" he speaks of began as servicing men who wanted blow jobs or more – Walter Pidgeon (Mr Miniver! I suppose it's possible, but even if it were I find it strange he never accepted money for hooking stars up with their little dalliances.

People who tend to believe propaganda, such as those manufactured Tracy/Hepburn romance stories, may be surprised. I enjoyed it despite sections that made me sad for the boy he was and parts that made me side-eye what was written as truth but may not be. Bowers isn't dead (yet), but all but one of the people mentioned in the book are, so not like anyone featured is going to comment. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I think that's enough time, and his stories give a huge insight into a cultural touchstone of American history that would have otherwise been lost to the sands of time.Tennessee Williams once wrote an account of my life and adventures in Hollywood, but I told him to burn it -- it was beautifully written, but made me sound like the mother of all queens! Younger readers--at least those raised in the Internet and TMZ age--may find nearly as shocking the fact that the stories were squelched by studio publicists and remained largely under wraps back in the day.

On the other hand, Bowers is comfortable with his sexuality and probably doesn't even have the feeling that anything he has done is wrong. The only physical contact I want with another man doesn't extend past firm handshake, and Bowers goes way past that in his account.His amorality in his life’s choices is both refreshing and aggravating – he suffers very little repercussions for his life of sexual freedom, and we sort of cheer along, but we also wonder what some other folks around him would say about the no-strings-attached nature of some of his stories. Gossip is an important social function in the world, and "Full Service" is not afraid to go into that territory. These exploits included not just gay and lesbian members of the community, but bi ones as well — And Scotty "tricked" with them all. If you want to know which celebrity liked turd sandwiches or which one wanted an uncircumcised male who hadn't washed for a while, this book is for you. That's one of the weirder parts of reading this book: the depraved sex acts aren't the most incredulous things in it.