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Rhinestone Country

by Darwin Porter

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Rhinestone Country is a provocative but tender portrait of Country Music, show biz, stardom, and closeted lives south of the Mason-Dixon line. Sweeping across the racial and sexual landscapes of the Deep South between 1930 and 1978, it takes a hard look at closeted lives and the destructive aspects of fame. Loaded with truly memorable characters, it's delectable, stimulating, sexy, and tantalizing. Rosacoke Carson, the leading, long-suffering heroine of Rhinestone Country, gives new meaning to the phrase, 'Stand by your Man.' The portrayal of the time she spends in prison should be standard reading for absolutely everyone. --Nochetta. This is a brash, sensational, and explosive novel about stardom--the glitter, the glamour, the hot sex, and the desolate loneliness. --Leather and G-Scene. Many men love their sons. Pete Riddle, known to his fans as the sexiest musician alive, loved his more than most. --Inferno. This is a daring and dazzling work about trauma, deception, and pain, all of it with a Southern accent. It's the True Grit of show-biz novels. --Peter Tompkins.

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Gay fiction.

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A provocative portrait of closeted lives south of the Mason-Dixon line, it sweeps with power and tenderness across the racial, social, and sexual landscapes of the Deep South. The True Grit of show-biz novels, it's about the early Country-Western music industry, the changing face of Appalachia after World War II, poverty and pride, and the gay men and women who clawed their way to musical stardom.

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Eric Schoolcraft, July 18, 2008 (view all comments by Eric Schoolcraft)
A repeatedly guilty pleasure.
First of all, let me say, this book is trash!
Now, having gotten the obvious out of the way, I love this book. I equate reading it with the discovery of adolescent masturbation - it's nothing you want to be caught doing or even discussing, but you're gonna do it over and over again beyond the reach of prying eyes.
I consider myself an avid reader, mostly sci-fi and literary fiction. I rarely read something twice. But I have a pretty good collection of what I euphemistically call 'gay-lit' that ranges from actual literature to all out filth. This book falls into the latter category, but I've read it THREE times! It's that entertaining.
If you're at all into classic country music and [mostly] gay erotic fiction then this is the book for you.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780966803037
Subtitle:
The True Grit of Show-Biz Novels
Author:
Porter, Darwin
Publisher:
Blood Moon Productions
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Country musicians
Subject:
Gay
Subject:
Gay men
Series Volume:
v. 1
Publication Date:
April 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
570
Dimensions:
896x610x122 169

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