The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them)
by: Peter Sagal
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Somewhere, somebody is having more fun than you are. Or so everyone believes. Peter Sagal, a mild-mannered, Harvard-educated NPR host—the man who put the second "L" in "vanilla"—decided to find out if it's true.
From strip clubs to gambling halls to swingers clubs to porn sets—and then back to the strip clubs, but only because he left his glasses there—Sagal explores exactly what the sinful folk do, how much they pay for the privilege, and exactly how they got those funny red marks. He hosts a dinner for three of the smartest porn stars in the world, asks the floor manager at the oldest casino in Vegas how to beat the house, and indulges in molecular cuisine at the finest restaurant in the country. Meet liars and rich people who don't think consumption is a disease, encounter the most spectacular view ever seen from a urinal, and say hello to Nina Hartley, the only porn star who can discuss Nietzsche while strangers smack her butt.
With a sharp wit, a remarkable eye for detail, and the carefree insouciance that can only come from not having any idea what he's getting into, Sagal proves to be the perfect guide to sinful behavior. What happens in Vegas—and in less glamorous places—is all laid out in these pages, a modern version of Dante's Inferno, except with more jokes.
Somewhere, somebody is having more fun than you are. Or so everyone believes. Peter Sagal, a mild-mannered, Harvard-educated NPR host—the man who put the second "L" in "vanilla"—decided to find out if it's true.
From strip clubs to gambling halls to swingers clubs to porn sets—and then back to the strip clubs, but only because he left his glasses there—Sagal explores exactly what the sinful folk do, how much they pay for the privilege, and exactly how they got those funny red marks. He hosts a dinner for three of the smartest porn stars in the world, asks the floor manager at the oldest casino in Vegas how to beat the house, and indulges in molecular cuisine at the finest restaurant in the country. Meet liars and rich people who don't think consumption is a disease, encounter the most spectacular view ever seen from a urinal, and say hello to Nina Hartley, the only porn star who can discuss Nietzsche while strangers smack her butt.
With a sharp wit, a remarkable eye for detail, and the carefree insouciance that can only come from not having any idea what he's getting into, Sagal proves to be the perfect guide to sinful behavior. What happens in Vegas—and in less glamorous places—is all laid out in these pages, a modern version of Dante's Inferno, except with more jokes.
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- Very Naughty Book from a Very Funny Man
Peter Sagal must have the best job in the world: host of NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, and the ability to indulge himself in all kinds of activities -- for research, mind you-- that others can only dream of trying. There were times reading his book that I had to put it down, because tears of laughter were running down my face. I'm not likely to visit the dens of iniquity that Peter explored, but that's okay. I had him to do it for me.
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- Witty but not consitently well done
Peter Sagal is, of course, a very smart and witty talker and he writes as well as he speaks.The book begins rather well - funny and clever - but then degenerates into what appears to be a compilation of past projects that were sort of mushed together.I'm not sorry I read it, but he could have done so much better.
Rating: - Great Read!
Such an interesting, easy read.Good and fun.One of the better books I've read on random social study information.
Rating: - Clever, witty and likely to cause you to stay up all night reading.
Peter Sagal is among the most entertaining personalities on radio today.His book will not disappoint.It is totally worth, as Peter himself once said at a live taping of his radio show 'Wait, wait, Don't tell me!,' "getting dressed up and paying an average of $60, to see something you could hear for free on Sunday morning in your pajamas."
Rating: - Forbidden fruit, entertainingly debunked.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Sagal very wittily punctures a lot of fantasies that some may entertain about forbidden fruit, in all its various guises.
The author is a natural writer. He has the ability to keenly portray the practitioners of various vices, with great insight and telling details. Sagal is hysterically funny as he takes us through the vices of lying, gambling, swinging and so on. I particularly enjoyed how he dissects Bill Clinton lying about Lewinsky...he gives us a fresh ... Read More
- Very Naughty Book from a Very Funny ManPeter Sagal must have the best job in the world: host of NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, and the ability to indulge himself in all kinds of activities -- for research, mind you-- that others can only dream of trying. There were times reading his book that I had to put it down, because tears of laughter were running down my face. I'm not likely to visit the dens of iniquity that Peter explored, but that's okay. I had him to do it for me.
- Witty but not consitently well donePeter Sagal is, of course, a very smart and witty talker and he writes as well as he speaks.The book begins rather well - funny and clever - but then degenerates into what appears to be a compilation of past projects that were sort of mushed together.I'm not sorry I read it, but he could have done so much better.
- Great Read!Such an interesting, easy read.Good and fun.One of the better books I've read on random social study information.
- Clever, witty and likely to cause you to stay up all night reading.Peter Sagal is among the most entertaining personalities on radio today.His book will not disappoint.It is totally worth, as Peter himself once said at a live taping of his radio show 'Wait, wait, Don't tell me!,' "getting dressed up and paying an average of $60, to see something you could hear for free on Sunday morning in your pajamas."
- Forbidden fruit, entertainingly debunked.I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Sagal very wittily punctures a lot of fantasies that some may entertain about forbidden fruit, in all its various guises.
The author is a natural writer. He has the ability to keenly portray the practitioners of various vices, with great insight and telling details. Sagal is hysterically funny as he takes us through the vices of lying, gambling, swinging and so on. I particularly enjoyed how he dissects Bill Clinton lying about Lewinsky...he gives us a fresh ... Read More
