false 26883056 1255164 1114921 184195876X 9781841958767 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181115692m/1114921.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181115692s/1114921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1114921.Master_of_Ceremonies_A_True_Story_of_Love_Murder_Roller_Skates_and_Chippendales 4.15 13 Master of Ceremonies is the compelling and often tender true story of a fledgling actor whose first big break results in a two-year stint at the world's most famous and hedonistic strip club. Acclaimed memoirist David Henry Sterry was at the center of the madness as the roller-skating emcee of the nightly beefcake parade at Chippendales. The wide-eyed boy who dreams of stardom is quickly disabused of his naiveté as he is witness to the nightly tableau of desperate housewives, bachelorettes gone wild, moviestar excess, and shocking sexual shenanigans. Ultimately, though, all great parties must come to an end, and the gangland style assassination of his boss, the man responsible for the phenomenal success of the beefcake boys, marked the beginning of the end of the party-all-the-time 80s in New York City. Master of Ceremonies is resplendent with seedy glamour, dirty little secrets, hilarious backstage madness and an unflinching honesty.</div><div></div>]]> 126609 3.72 155 55 2008 3 0 false Thu Jul 10 13:30:03 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 13:41:34 -0700 2008
Sterry chronicles his adventures as a struggling comic after he is hired as the host of the popular all-male strip show Chippendales in the early Eighties. He more than delivers on the p...more...]]>