The Kiss of King Kong

By Jason Fury and Jery Tillotson

The male hustler who became a superstar...the blonde dancer who dazzled Hollywood as its greatest drag queen...the stunning Adonis who became a stag film stud...they're all stars of Jason Fury's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585008567
• ISBN13: 9781585008568
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: 1st Book Library
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Instant Classic!

This is a phenomenal read! Fantastic evocation of Hollywood during the 30s, recapturing the beginning of the "talkies" and three unforgettable gay men: Sunny St. James, the androgynous dance extra who becomes Hollywood's greatest drag queen; his rival, hot, sexy Eddie Bostic, the new "Valentino/Clark Gable" and big, powerful muscle boy, Mack Johnson, who almost makes the movie, Tarzan. This would make fantastic movie. Fury brilliantly works in comedy, tragedy, pathos while putting his characters into our greatest movies: King Kong, Gone With the Wind, Dark Victory, 42nd Street. I laughed hysterically and wept. Unforgettable ending. A must have for any gay reader and for those in love with old movies, old Hollywood, nostalgia. You won't forget our heroes screen testing for Gone With the Wind! A real hoot!

Buy it!

The Kiss of King Kong is an exhilirating trip back to Hollywood in the 30s. It offers a fascinating look at the life of movie extras, while the backdrops are the making of "King Kong", "Gone With the Wind", etc. Three gay men struggle to make it big and only one succeeds. Terrific dish about the scandals and you meet Bette Davis, Crawford, Garbo, GAble, etc. Haunting and poignant ending. This would make a fantastic movie with Tom Cruise or Brendan Frasier portraying bad-good guy, Eddie Bostic; Jude Law doing Sunny St. James and some handsome, incredibly well-built guy who portray the amazing Mack Johnson. Anyone into nostalgia for the 30s, especially the movies, this one is definitely for you.

Powerful Kong!

Wow! this book has got everything--three swinging guys in Hollywood during the 30s, their loves, tragedies, triumphs. Jason Fury has long been a favorite author of mine. In this one, he's greater than ever! The men are gay, so if that alone turns you off, then you might skip it. But for the more broad-minded, this is a trip. You meet Davis and Garbo and Gable and Crawford, terrific dish about who was doing who between takes of Gone With the Wind, King Kong, etc. A must-have for any fan of old Hollywood and for those who enjoy a panaromic look of the film colony. You'll laugh, cry, love it!