Blue Money Author:Janet Capron Janet returns to the scene, and her wealthy mother's claustrophobic 's Park Ave. apartment, after living with a commune of radical feminists. A liberated college drop-out, she needs to get out, and she needs to make money. She returns to The Traveling Medicine Show, a saloon on Second Avenue where Michael McClaren, the pied-piper of women and po... more »ssibly Janet's one true love, connects her to Corinne, a gorgeous madam who sends Janet to turn her first trick. After things go well with her first john, Janet is determined to make it as a hooker while also resurrecting her relationship with Michael.
She begins to acquire a series of regular clients after befriending Evelyn, the madam at a genuine cathouse. As her repertoire grows, so does her reputation, and Janet manages to keep things professional, whether she's dressed as a genie at the Sultan's Palace or playing Eve in a live sex show, despite a ferocious addiction to speed and semi-frequent hallucinations. Janet navigates brothels, ginmills, and her own intense love affairs in this captivating portrait of life on the edge in 1970s New York City.« less