Shameless

Martin is not a happy bunny. His boyfriend of four years has run off and left him for a male prostitute. His best friend John is too busy looking for sex on the internet to offer much in the way of support. His gal pal Caroline is convinced that her own boyfriend is a closet case. And to top it all, Martin's hippie father is threatening to come and stay, armed with an entire library of self-help books on how to be gay, happy and free of shame. So Martin does what every out and proud gay man in London is encouraged to he jumps head first into hedonism. He joins a gym, and throws himself into the gay club scene, a world of drugs and muscles, hard bodies and harder music, one-night stands and three-way sex. Increasingly desperate in his search for Mr Right, he settles for Mr Right Now. But it isn't long before Martin begins to weary of the shallower aspects of the scene. Can he find the man of his dreams when sex has become a a substitute for love, and pleasure is measured in beats per minute...? Acclaimed writer Paul Burston's vibrant, bitingly witty first novel will appeal to anyone who's been thrust back into single life.