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"Bowers became the Mr. Fixit for screen icons who sought out the more lurid trappings of Tinseltown during its glory days. Wild affairs, gay romps and rampant prostitution were the order of the day and Bowers was the man they turned to for their salacious entertainment." --Daily Mirror
"Full Service opens the doors of the closeted, X-rated underworld of old Hollywood through three decades." --Daily Mail
"Controversial . . . vivid . . . As well as a titillating catalogue of sexual intrigue, the book is designed to expose of the hypocrisy and fear that swirled beneath the industry's on-screen glamour and crafted wholesomeness." --Guardian
"This handsome ex-Marine and his friendly gas station have long been alluded to in Hollywood memoirs. And now, at last, they go public." --The New York Times
"Scotty Bowers made his reputation by sleeping with everyone in Hollywood who wasn't actually Lassie, and now he tells all." --The New Yorker
"Full Service opens the doors of the closeted, X-rated underworld of old Hollywood through three decades." --Daily Mail
"Controversial . . . vivid . . . As well as a titillating catalogue of sexual intrigue, the book is designed to expose of the hypocrisy and fear that swirled beneath the industry's on-screen glamour and crafted wholesomeness." --Guardian
"This handsome ex-Marine and his friendly gas station have long been alluded to in Hollywood memoirs. And now, at last, they go public." --The New York Times
"Scotty Bowers made his reputation by sleeping with everyone in Hollywood who wasn't actually Lassie, and now he tells all." --The New Yorker
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Scotty Bowers, a dashing young ex-Marine exuding sex appeal, arrived in Hollywood in 1946 and quickly caught the attention of many of the town's stars. Working out of a gas station on Hollywood Boulevard, Bowers soon became the go-to guy for anyone looking for a bespoke sexual partner; no matter how outlandish the tastes, Scotty could find someone for everyone...In his thirty years 'tricking' and arranging tricks for LA's rich and famous, Bowers went to bed with thousands of people and engineered sexual liaisons of all flavours for countless more. Full Service is the ultimate guilty pleasure, revealing for the first time the shadow lives of the people who created popular culture, told by the man who was so central to fulfilling their desires.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
People who have reviewed this book seem to be up in arms about it's contents, my problem is that is tedious, badly 'written' and a trial to read for more than a few minutes at a time. One person appears outraged that its subjects are all dead, have they not heard of the libel laws? Mr Bowers and I share a mutual acquaintance and I have it on good authority that he (or his publisher) removed all references to the living to await Volume 2, when it will be legal to include them, or the book would have been twice as long. There's no point in getting upset about the contents of a book simply because you don't want to believe them.
Mr Bowers is well known in Los Angeles and the fact that Gore Vidal is willing to provide a 'puff' for the cover adds to it's credibilty, his fastidiousness about the English language make that a surprise however.
Mr Bowers is well known in Los Angeles and the fact that Gore Vidal is willing to provide a 'puff' for the cover adds to it's credibilty, his fastidiousness about the English language make that a surprise however.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I kept on hoping this book would get better, on one hand the author claims these Hollywood stars were his dear friends, on the other he wastes no time dishing way too much dirt on them. Weirder still, it appears that no cash was exchanged for his favours, evidently he just liked 'to see people happy'. That is when I stopped reading it. It's such an unecessary book I regret buying it and if I ever remember in which paper I read a good review for this book, I'll stop reading that paper, too.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The book was a light weight jaunt through the sex lives of Hollywood. In this day and age, and the authors obvious absence of sexual scruples, I was surprised, nay disapointed, that it wasn't more explicit. No surprises under these covers.
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Full Service, Scotty Bowers
Viewed by some as a 'dirty book', I found Full Service to be extremely interesting, not simply for its insight into the life of the stars and Scotty Bowers' life, but its... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Peter
best taken with a large pinch of salt
gosh this is one of the most awful books i have had the misfortune to read.
the fact that almost all of the people this character writes about are no longer with us and... Read more
the fact that almost all of the people this character writes about are no longer with us and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by johnk
Entertaining (if you have absolutely nothing else to do)
With all due respect to the author, I found it pretty difficult to believe all those stories already at page 70 or so. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lex
a saucy romp through tinsel town
Who knows if Scotty Bowers is telling porkies but it is a saucy romp through post war Hollywood.
Read it more in the spirit of Jackie Collins and you wont be dissapointed.
Read it more in the spirit of Jackie Collins and you wont be dissapointed.
Published 1 month ago by Mr. Kieran D. Yates
tell all
some people, well..a LOT of people, here seem to be extremely upset that some of their favorite hollywood myths get smashed in this book :-).. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dirk De Bruyne
Some of it may be true but...
I think most people have met someone like Scotty Bowers in their lives. He's the type of person who brags constantly about his sexual conquests... Read more
Published 2 months ago by J & K
Reader
A book which somehow manages to make a `seedy` subject readable. The author comes across as a nice enough fellow, but one who is fairly self-centered and sex obsessed. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Purchaser
Well they are not secret sex lives any more.
Of course all of them are dead. One should not speak ill of the dead... but that calls for perspective if what is written is true. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Michael Round
waste of time and money
No Star written about is alive to refute this mans sordid claims. A dirty little book, not worth a look.
Published 2 months ago by disappointed
A grubby little memoir!
Times reviewer recommended this book as an authentic stroll down memory lane by an octogenarian who'd been involved with the Hollywood elite for 3 decades. Read more
Published 2 months ago by grampian1
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