Sex Toys of the Gods

By Christian McLaughlin

Book Overview

Jason Dallin, straight (if you'll pardon the expression) from college in Ohio, is working at Video Xplosion rather than in films. But his luck turns when he is asked to house-sit wannabe but talentless actress Fawn Farrar's $10 million Beverly Hills estate. Capitalizing on his new position, he is soon befriended by his all-time favorite star, Marina Stetson, a Janis Joplin-esque singer just out of rehab and trying to make a comeback -- and whose husband Jason secretly covets.Adding to the drama is Jason's ex-roommate, the incredibly pretentious Tricia Cox, whose struggles to make it as a talent agent take a wrong turn when she contracts her meal ticket, the talented and beautiful Violet Cyr, to a hip-hop sitcom called "Chillin' with Billy."When Billy turns out to be a talking goat, all hell breaks loose. The trashy, hip young heroes suffer through humiliations galore before they have a chance to make it -- but not before Christian McLaughlin has laid bare in hilarious detail all the foibles and fumbles of a group of happening young people in La La Land in their shameless pursuit of fame, fortune -- and sex.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452275199
• ISBN13: 9780452275195
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The Gods are Fickle !

Totally entertaining !!....SEX TOYS OF THE GODS is just plain fun. The characters are larger than life in a Hollywood Way, and keep the reader amused throughout. Jason, our "hero" is the kind of guy you could bring home to your mother, as well as a guy who rocks the bedroom. Have fun with this one!

Fast-Paced Fun!

As with his witty debut, "Glamourpus," Christian McLaughlin pours a bubbly mixture of pop culture and real-life humor that packs a punch. "Sex Toys of the Gods" gives his readers a titillating look inside the Hollywood machine, like "Valley of the Dolls" with a buzz. His second novel will have you laughing out loud and turning the next page faster than you can sing "Shake It Up." After two rounds from this hilarious young writer, I'm ready for another!

Fun Fun Fun

Ok, I'll admit, sometimes you just want to vegitate with some nice brain candy. This author is wonderful for that. Loved his first book "Glamorpuss" and bought this one based on that.Diiferent style but still great fun. A nice fairly normal mid-west gay boy out in L.A. who has a thing for 80's pop culture, especially a certain girl group called "the Pop Tarts" Well guess who he happens to meet one day due to a lost dog? And what about her hunky husband? Is he? Isn't he? and if he is, is it worth the friendship?Once again. This isn't war and piece but McGlaughlin's books always leave you smiling and sometimes that is the hardest type of novel to find.

McLaughlin makes me laugh out loud

McLaughlin is great in his newest novel. This book is so funny. I enjoyed all the characters and the great situations McLaughlin thought up for they. This is a book I would highly recommend. He has shown that he can create another novel that is as humorous as his first.

Great!!!

My new favorite author!! Loved Glamourpuss and was so happy when this book came out! I must admit I wasn't sure I would like at first there seemed to be to many characters and they were too bizarre...but in no time I was hooked...couldn't put it down...his characters live the lives I would love to lead! Can't wait for the next one