false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171309088m/96043.jpg 96043 1 <div>My Less Than Secret Life is the companion volume to Jonathan Ames&#8217;s first memoirish endeavor, &#8220;the mildly perverted and wildly amusing&#8221; (Vanity Fair) What&#8217;s Not to Love? This collection of the cult author&#8217;s fiction and essays includes Ames&#8217;s public diary, the bi-weekly columns he penned for the New York Press. The entries of this diary are a record of his mad adventures: his ill-fated debut as an amateur boxer fighting as &#8216;The Herring Wonder&#8217;, a faltering liaison with a Cuban prostitute, his public outing of George Plimpton as a Jew, his discussion with Eve Ensler about his dear friend The Mangina, a renegade mission as a Jew into the heart of Waspy Maine, and other such harrowing escapades. Whether trying to round up a partner for an orgy, politely assisting in an animal sacrifice, or scamming tickets to the WWF&#8217;s Royal Rumble for his son, Jonathan Ames proves himself a ballsier Everyman whose transgressions and compassionate meditations will satisfy the voyeur and encourage the halfhearted. But be warned. As Jonathan says, &#8220;I don&#8217;t like to be a bad influence. It&#8217;s bad enough that I have influence over myself.&#8221; &#8220;...Ames has always been one of my favorite contemporary writers ... for his ... fearless commitment to the most demanding psychosexual comedies.&#8221;&#8212;Rick Moody</div> 92570 30 5 2002 My Less Than Secret Life: A Diary, Fiction, Essays total:245|5:65|4:109|3:58|2:12|1:1| 245 960 327 18 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Aug 23 10:48:43 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 11:03:10 -0700 2007 Jonathan Ames. I say 'fiction' because often Ames' fiction is very similar to his hilarious, sometimes touching, sometimes disturbing, but always funny and entertaining...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 05:50:26 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 04:21:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 01 19:56:54 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 19:57:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 08 08:38:41 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 07:35:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 13 18:05:11 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 13 18:19:13 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 29 11:47:57 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 14:24:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Jul 29 11:23:46 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 11:25:05 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 11:34:31 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 19:13:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 27 12:07:34 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 12:13:05 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu May 08 14:17:22 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 14:18:04 -0700 2008
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