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Great Pleasures Paperback – April 4, 2014

by Edward Southgate (Author)
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
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"How many bottoms can I top before I pass the threshold of sexual acceptability and destroy my chances for being a contender in the sweepstakes of romance?"I'm easy, gay sex is easy, but love is hard.Written as erotic, confessional, and ironic blog entries by Edward Southgate, a gay man tomcatting through the nightlife of New York City, Great Pleasures explores the disconnection of romantic hopes from sex as habitual entertainment. With graphic frankness, cheeky humor, poetic flights, mortifying vulnerability, and brutal honesty, Edward seeks the secrets at the heart of sex between men.
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    238 pages
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    April 4, 2014
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    5.25 x 0.6 x 8 inches
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    0692207635
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0692207635
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Edward Southgate is probably single again and on the prowl. He lives in NYC.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bernabel Books (April 4, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 238 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0692207635
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0692207635
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.6 x 8 inches
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    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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Edward Southgate

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Edward Southgate lives in Houston, TX where he is a full-time writer. He is much less slutty than he used to be, but that's still pretty slutty.

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H. Sanchez
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and very honest
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2014
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I loved this book. The stories are not only funny, entertaining and very engaging (I couldn't stop reading), but what I liked the most was the diary aspect, the sense of honesty I got from the reading. We all think a lot of stuff about our dates and sexual partners, but most of the times we do not express those feelings or thoughts to anybody. Why? I guess at the end we all want to be polite and nice. Also, it doesn't help that been sincere sometimes can be seen as been an a..hole. There were a LOT of parts of the book where I was thinking, "I've been there", "that happened to me once", "I would've done the same", "I should have said that when I met...". I can only add that it was a fun reading, and that I'm looking forward to read more of this author.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Quirky, interesting POV
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2015
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First person narrative of a single, gay man as he navigates his sex life, seasoned with insight into his public persona, hopes, dreams and all.

The kind of a book that allows the reader to either see themself in the narrative or imagine what they could be if they were.
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4.0 out of 5 stars So honest and so raw.
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2015
This feels like life. It's almost hyper-real in some spots, to the point that it requires a break. But, I love Edward's honesty and wit. He's like a bitchy Jack Sparrow with a hint of Barry White. I had moments where I wanted to strangle him, but mostly I want to hug him and keep him. I hate to say it, but I was thrown by the sharpness and intelligence. This genre suffers from some really bad writing and stereotypes, Edward is such a refreshing change. The format might be iffy for some readers. Stop being old. Writing has to evolve and I'm willing to let go of conventional grammar for a compelling story. My only compliant is that it is a bit too much like life in that there isn't the sort of resolution you want in a story. It flits and zips, like Edward, and you're never given a solid thread to follow. You're left feeling a little hollow and unsatisfied. That might be the point. Life isn't always solid or satisfying. And Edward's got a lot of story left to tell, I think.
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Phetra Hedlund
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing and fun books I've read
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2014
This is one of the most heart twisting, amazing and fun books I've read. It is a book about a journey of finding acceptance in yourself, finding love, of not just knowing you deserve more but being proven that you deserve it. To find that special someone who love you no matter what.

Edward brings us on a journey of not just erotic romantic book sex were everyone is perfect, surrounded by perfection and where the sex is constantly mind blowing. No he shows us that between the mind blowing sex, that a lot of the time appears very rarely you have the life and body situations that simply just will not help you reach your goal.

Great Pleasures is a sexy story for sure. It was both hot and sexy but it also gives you a real insight to what being a single man in your mid 30's really is like. It gives you all the fun and not so fun things that goes with it. But mostly Great Pleasures is a personal story about a man, Edward, who just want to find his way in this jungle of anonymous sex and to find the man of his dreams to share his life with.

Edward Southgate you are utterly amazing and you deserve the greatest love of them all! //Phetra Novak
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LenaRibka
5.0 out of 5 stars Witty, funny, ironical and philosophical!
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2014
Written in a self ironical manner and read as excerpts from a personal diary of an average(?!) single gay guy tomcatting through the nightlife of New York City. With all his worries or absence of any worries, all his ups and downs, daily triumphs and seeking for causal anonymous sex-or maybe he just doesn't want to admit to himself that all he wants just to love and be loved again?-with f***g as sport(?!),trying to find ways to integrate the pieces of his life into a coherent whole.
It is a gay fiction of non-fiction, that gives you an deep insight into the fascinating chaotic world of emotions, feeling and life of Edward Southgate.
Because I am firmly convinced that it's an author-biographical book.

You want to stay for a while in a gay guy body and head, feel what he feels and read what he thinks?
You want to quote some interesting thoughts?
You want something sexy and funny? Then it is for you.
You want an easy read that makes you smile and leave you pensive after?

You have to read this book. It's witty, funny, ironical and philosophical.
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James Lee Hard
4.0 out of 5 stars I have to say that I really enjoyed this book
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2015
I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. It's different, very well written and, in the end, I wanted to know more about the character's life, I rooted for him. Very well done, Mr. Southgate
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James Lee Hard
4.0 out of 5 stars I have to say that I really enjoyed this book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2015
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I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. It's different, very well written and, in the end, I wanted to know more about the character's life, I rooted for him. Very well done, Mr. Southgate
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