The best word to describe Paul Douglas Lovell is "unconventional" and it makes sense that his author bio would also be far from typical.
Coming from a motherless family of five children, this runt of the litter had to scratch and scramble for any attention he received. In his book, Playing Out: Swings and Roundabouts, the reader finds a young Paul in the 1970s living on the margins of society. Homelife was always unsteady with the threat of eviction and a struggle to pay for amenities. It was a cold and hungry existence. Petty criminality and abuse further distorted his outlook on life, and he quickly became a problem child.
His time at school was spent on everything, but learning. Empty Corridors: Learning to Fail finds Paul attending school in the 1980s, without much change. He was still labelled a problem. His academic knowledge, that of an eleven-year-old, he left school without qualifications, struggling to read and lacking ambition.
Yet, within a year, a seed was sown. Paul yearned to become a writer. Even at 16, he knew he had enough fodder for a book, though it would be years before he would commit any of it to paper.
That required courage and understanding of his past. He tried his hand at fiction, keeps a sealed envelope containing his first draft complete with grammatical errors and misused words. One saving grace, Paul was a clean slate, and, once he moved to London, he spent time gaining whatever knowledge he could.
In Paulyanna: International Rent Boy, the reader finds Paul living in London during the 1990s and working the streets, a profession he fell into and one that suited him. While unorthodox, and regardless of ethics and judgments, he felt valued for the first time in his life. Being paid for being himself felt like an achievement. He was encouraged to take a beginner writing course and a course in media studies. He obtained a job in a production and distribution company. Music television was the perfect employer, Paul was tasked with writing synopses of the concerts to further practice his art.
He moved to Switzerland in 2000. Began working as a classroom assistant in a kindergarten. The irony of scrawling "Mr. Lovell" on the blackboard when he covered a class of rowdy teenagers brings a smile to his face
Paul now spends his time writing memoirs, haiku, and creating collage, comics and images.
Paulyanna: International Rent-boy is an honest and frank portrayal of a working-class male prostitute's life. Many factors contribute in delivering the main character onto the streets. Some very typical, such as early abandonment, poverty, lack of education and sexual abuse. But Paul does not dwell too much on the past and refuses to allow these events to mar his ambition. At eighteen a lost train ticket leaves him stranded in the city after a job interview. He uses his questionable wits to make a quick decision that steers him down a rather dodgy path. Without added glamour or grit, Paul shares the raw accounts of his life as a rent-boy in the 90s, from London to Los Angeles. It may not have been pretty, and there was risk and danger as well as fun and thrills, but Paul had the audacity to succeed in his quest to obtain happiness, security and wealth. This is not an erotic tale. It is an ordinary account of day-to-day life as viewed from a unique perspective. A peek into what really goes on behind the glassy-eyed smile of a male street worker. Read about his life in this optimistic and fascinating roadbook adventure.
Título : Paulyanna International Rent-boy
EAN : 9798201791063
Editorial : Paul Douglas Lovell
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