The Potato Eater: The raw true story of Padric, a gay hustler from the Bronx who spent 1941-1965 in and out of 20 prisons
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1938371194 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 178 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kag_moon said A Hustler's Tale. Hold Your Breath!. Alison Gold has written this book only indirectly. Substantially it comes from someone she has interviewed and whose account is reproduced in his own words.The topic may not meet everybody's liking, but how else can one come to such a story nonpareil in its authenticity? Presumably it was not easy getting the interview and Alison Gold has bravely processed what she extracted from the hustler. So directly and assiduously as possible she has edited the plethora of information in her book.For the educated consumer, who is not expected to identify with the protagonist, the book about this specifi. "Fascinating piece of oral history" according to Phelps Gates. This is the short but highly readable life story of a man, born in 1925, who was active as a gay hustler in New York and across the country starting in 19Fascinating piece of oral history Phelps Gates This is the short but highly readable life story of a man, born in 1925, who was active as a gay hustler in New York and across the country starting in 1941. Padric spent a good deal of time in jail (and on the run), looked for love (usually in all the wrong places), and somehow managed to get enjoyment out of life, even as he was dealt a raw deal by society again and again. Deserves reading by anyone interested in gay history of the forties, fifties, and sixties. I remember a lot of this "scene" times have changed in many ways, but in many ways things are still the same. Written in what can . 1. Padric spent a good deal of time in jail (and on the run), looked for love (usually in all the wrong places), and somehow managed to get enjoyment out of life, even as he was dealt a raw deal by society again and again. Deserves reading by anyone interested in gay history of the forties, fifties, and sixties. I remember a lot of this "scene" times have changed in many ways, but in many ways things are still the same. Written in what can . A Life Without Roots (by Amos Lassen with permission) Hanaanrosenthal Padric McGarry was born in 1925 as a twin. His mother was just fifteen years old when she gave birth and when Padric was just seven-years-old, he was raped by an older boy. His life did not start off good. He was a good-looking kid and he quickly learned how to use those good looks and his quick wit. Early on he became a hustler and a thief. Most of Padric’s life has been spent in prison. He constantly looked for the love he did not receive at home and that together with having to spend his early life in poverty affected everything he tried to do.It is important to remember what it was
I learned how to pick pockets, how to open five kinds of safes, how to forge checks, how to work second story, how to boost. From an audio tape made in 1977 in New York City: "I was 16 when I was arrested for corrupting the morals of soldiers and sailors, blocking a public doorway, and disturbing the peace. Sing Sing and Dannemora State were my High Schools. I was kept in segregation with junkie queens, wino queens, booster queens, prick peddlers, drag queens and some men who just preferred to be in the homo block where they were adored and given sexual comfort. Padric McGarry was the surviving twin born in 1925 to the unwed 15-year-old daughter of Irish immigrants. Immediately I had ‘Homosexual, Degenerate, Cock Sucker’ stamped on my records so I was rare