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Prisoner of X : 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine
Prisoner of X 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine
Author: Allan MacDonell
ISBN-13: 9781932595130
ISBN-10: 1932595139
Publication Date: 5/2006
Pages: 312
Rating:
  • Currently 2.4/5 Stars.
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2.4 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Feral House
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Prisoner of X : 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine on + 213 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Very interesting book. Allan MacDonell is hilarious in sections of the book. Isnt for those with a weak stomach though!
reviewed Prisoner of X : 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine on + 51 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
He may have been a prisoner, but what great fringe benefits.
Erinyes avatar reviewed Prisoner of X : 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine on + 279 more book reviews
This book gave me nightmares. I am not exaggerating. I am in the habit of reading for twenty minutes or so before I sleep. If you are also in that habit don't make this your book to go to sleep with. It is hard to imagine being inside Hustler and getting paid is worse than owning and reading a Hustler in the privacy of your own home. But it is very clear that this is the case.

From the drugs to the leftover weirdos and hippies from the founding of Hustler and Larry Flynt's empire. This book is one long cringe. It is as if Allan MacDonnell slept walked through 20 or so years just waiting to be fired so he could do something that didn't tax his morales so much.

Okay, having said that I must admit I finished it all the way to the end. I just stopped reading it before I slept. It is a fascinating look behind a megalomaniac's empire. It is very interesting to follow Allan's rise from the bottom of the barrel to running the show.

If you are the kind of person who enjoys reading first person accounts of behind the scene action. This is your book. I give it four stars.