Thy Neighbor's Wife by Gay Tale (Ec/Harper Perennial)Upon publitn of Thy Neighbor's Wife 1981, Gay Tale was hailed as a pneer of the study of sexualy, openg discsn on the prevly taboo subjects of sex, swgers, and week, Ec/Harper Perennial is re-issug Tale's semal work, plete wh updated stori on the subjects and cultur that first ptured rears. In this exclive d excerpt, Gay Tale reads om his new afterword and explas why the publitn of the book marked the bt—and worst—year of his life as a to the podst after the jump.
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- GAY TALE READS OM THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFEBY VANY FAIRAPRIL 14, 2009SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHY NEIGHBOR'S WIFEBY GAY TALE (EC/HARPER PERENNIAL)UPON PUBLITN OF THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE 1981, GAY TALE WAS HAILED AS A PNEER OF THE STUDY OF SEXUALY, OPENG DISCSN ON THE PREVLY TABOO SUBJECTS OF SEX, SWGERS, AND PORNOGRAPHY.THIS WEEK, EC/HARPER PERENNIAL IS RE-ISSUG TALE'S SEMAL WORK, PLETE WH UPDATED STORI ON THE SUBJECTS AND CULTUR THAT FIRST PTURED REARS.IN THIS EXCLIVE D EXCERPT, GAY TALE READS OM HIS NEW AFTERWORD AND EXPLAS WHY THE PUBLITN OF THE BOOK MARKED THE BT—AND WORST—YEAR OF HIS LIFE AS A WRER.LISTEN TO THE PODST AFTER THE JUMP.GAY TALE READS OM THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE BY VANY FAIRREAD MORE:• *VANY FAIR’*S WRERS READG.SUBSCRIBE TO ’S ITUN PODST.VANY FAIR
- SEX AND CRIME, THE UPDAT: GAY TALE IS BACK ON THE BEAT
GAY TALE READS OM THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFEBY VANY FAIRAPRIL 14, 2009SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHY NEIGHBOR'S WIFEBY GAY TALE (EC/HARPER PERENNIAL)UPON PUBLITN OF THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE 1981, GAY TALE WAS HAILED AS A PNEER OF THE STUDY OF SEXUALY, OPENG DISCSN ON THE PREVLY TABOO SUBJECTS OF SEX, SWGERS, AND PORNOGRAPHY.THIS WEEK, EC/HARPER PERENNIAL IS RE-ISSUG TALE'S SEMAL WORK, PLETE WH UPDATED STORI ON THE SUBJECTS AND CULTUR THAT FIRST PTURED REARS.IN THIS EXCLIVE D EXCERPT, GAY TALE READS OM HIS NEW AFTERWORD AND EXPLAS WHY THE PUBLITN OF THE BOOK MARKED THE BT—AND WORST—YEAR OF HIS LIFE AS A WRER.LISTEN TO THE PODST AFTER THE JUMP.GAY TALE READS OM THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE BY VANY FAIRREAD MORE:• *VANY FAIR’*S WRERS READG.SUBSCRIBE TO ’S ITUN PODST.VANY FAIR
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Thy Neighbor's Wifeby Gay Tale (Ec/Harper Perennial)Upon publitn of Thy Neighbor's Wife 1981, Gay Tale was hailed as a pneer of the study of sexualy, openg discsn on the prevly taboo subjects of sex, swgers, and week, Ec/Harper Perennial is re-issug Tale's semal work, plete wh updated stori on the subjects and cultur that first ptured this exclive d excerpt, Gay Tale reads om his new afterword and explas why the publitn of the book marked the bt—and worst—year of his life as a to the podst after the Tale Reads om Thy Neighbor's Wife by Vany FairREAD MORE:• *Vany Fair’*s Wrers Readg. Gay Tale Exam His Very-Public, 50-Year Marriage for Upg Book -- New York Magaze - Nymag. It isn’t until our third terview that I notice Gay Tale has been stg unrneath a patg of a naked woman wh a rabow g out of her vaga.
It is here where they began their life together as a uple their mid-twenti, when the five-story brownstone was like a tenement and Gay lived 3F, a stud they both still refer to as his “bachelor pad”; this is where they raised their two dghters, Pamela and Cathere, and slowly took over every apartment the buildg before fally buyg 1973; this is where they have held numerable book parti for Nan’s celebrated thors; and this is where Gay has done much of the wrg—the historic Esquire piec, the bt sellers wh biblil tl—that brought him fame, fortune, and no small amount of personal agony. Gay wr his new afterword that the immediate aftermath of the book’s publitn, Nan acpanied him on talk shows “to expla that our maral love had remaed unthreatened while I nducted rearch New York massage parlors and a hedonistic nudist lony Los Angel”—which is only half te.
Nan and Gay elopg Rome, Courty of Gay Tale. It seems far removed om Gay’s realm, jt a floor above, where he keeps the artifacts of his storied reer (cludg a life-size rdboard cutout of himself) along wh his untls bpoke sus and dozens of hand-bbled sho. ” Gay asks his wife.
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” As slowly dawns on me that Gay has not told her that he has agreed to participate an article about their marriage, I n feel the tensn beg to rise.
“Jonathan is gog to ll you, ” says Gay. ” About Gay, I say, but you too.
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