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(More customer reviews)I spent an entire day rubbernecking in awe as I speed-read this. It's a hilarious memoir about overindulging maniacs of epic proportions, full of dry wit, outrageous sexual adventure, and stunning erotica photography. I felt inspired, envious, aroused, embarrassed...I felt stomach pains from laughing so hard. Tate is a talented, and creative writer with a vivid imagination. He specializes in hyperactive satire, using colorful observation humor seamlessly mixed into tales of pure, unadulterated debauchery.
When painting a scene, he draws you in with long flowing adjectives and metaphors, scathing funny descriptions of people and events, followed by a build up into the unexpected punch line. I mean LOL funny lines by the hundreds. The story is fast and frantic, outlandish, and brutally honest. His ability to cynically channel the imagery is so real at times, you feel like you're right there, seeing and hearing the characters and situations as they unfold. It really puts you inside the frenzied mind of an adrenaline junkie; not a necessarily safe place, but fascinating and quite a ride.
The lifestyle is heavy in attitude and shock value. Full of anarchy, the guys break numerous laws, corral women by the dozens, and in general live a life of pure havoc. All is done in good fun without any victims, and executed in the midst of doing business deals. The main characters are cocky and aggressive, and yet endearing with their witty repartee and ripping jokes. Their fearless energy and charisma attracts gorgeous women at every turn, and the sex situations are impulsive and graphic. These are the quintessential underworld bad boys out on the hunt; sex and overindulging are a competitive sport. The guys push each other in every scene to the limits with a "let's see if we can top this" approach, and they could care less about any consequences.
What I liked best? The energy, the depraved passion, and the unpredictable chaos; a glimpse into a life few would dare to attempt, and be afraid to even witness. I also love how the story had great segues; repeated variations of jokes from previous chapters like in Seinfeld.
One scene has amazing lust filled conquests, the next is full of ridiculously embarrassing disasters, and they just laugh it off. Tate writes in first and third person, almost from a curiosity standpoint. He`s enjoying the ride; the unfamiliarity of a foreign culture, the balance between risk, hilarious depravity and excesses.
High Heels and Dirty Deals is sort of an upbeat version of Hunter Thompson`s Fear and Loathing, now that I think about it. A very original work, filled with 100s of crisp photographs of the historical Russian monuments, people mocked, and the beautiful women they hook up with. I found myself laughing out loud so often I had to read it in secrecy. Recommended reading technique would be to block off an afternoon, crack a bottle of Chivas, and read it a chapter or two at a time. After you finish the book, let a week go by and re-read it cover to cover. The second read is WAY better than the first. I found numerous things I missed the first round; once I knew his writing, lingo and joke style, I was more in tune with the story.
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Hilarious, riveting tales from a photo-journalist in his relentless pursuit of fast money, exotic women, and debauchery. Brett Tate and his posse of Russian gazillionaire gangsters blast through Moscow's fast paced nightlife living large, leaving a carnal train wreck in their wake. Devious adventures with bizarre twists. They somehow manage to set new highs and new lows for depravity at the same time. The stories are packaged with screaming funny observation humor and candid to erotic photography as they tear up the town. Like a Beverly Hills mafia, the wealthy businessmen/degenerates spend their days in a sea of top-shelf imported booze, Colombian flake, and a human pyramid of nude models.
The writing captures the pulse and dark comedy fatalism of adrenaline junkies living the mobster lifestyle. Dangers and consequences are ignored. No expense is spared. The attitude, sights and sounds are described with a stunning clarity. Tate is a chest thumping Gladiator one second, self-deprecating and self-destructive the next. Brilliant; and yet clinically insane, written with the same amount of curiosity of the outcome as the reader's. You feel as if Tate is sitting next to you sharing his tales.
The energy and vivid descriptions are brought alive with the crisp images that accompany the story line. Cityscapes, random people mocked, and hundreds of erotic photos from inside the VIP strip clubs and brothels, from the chic nightclubs to the jacuzzi, capturing the face-melting gorgeous women with whom the trio indulge every vice.
But with all the outlandish antics and sex-drenched exploits, the icing on the cake is the cynical wit. Endless biting one-liners and satire. There's enough shock value to offend several generations of women.
Destined to be a cult classic.
