A twenty-two-year-old perennial virgin, Englishman Grant Stoddard didn't know what to do with his life in America--until he won an X-rated online contest, the prize being intercourse with an infamous married sex columnist. He consequently wound up delivering mail at Nerve.com but accidentally found his calling as a gonzo sex reporter who would try any and every lurid activity his crafty coworkers devised--from offering himself up as man-bait at a hard-core gay bar to attending an elite orgy, to being a hapless participant in a sexual home invasion--all the while wishing he could be safely tucked in bed.
Working Stiff is the humble, hilarious, and delightfully salacious fish-into-water story of a young man who followed his heart--and other organs--into places where few would dare to venture.
Industry Reviews
"[C]onsistently hilarious...smart and appealing." -- Publishers Weekly "[C]ringingly hilarious." -- Kirkus Reviews TOP PICK FOR 2007 -- The Vancouver Province (British Columbia) "[A] brave, moving, and, yes, seductive story" -- David Goodwillie, author of SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME "Paperback Pick" -- Chicago Sun-Times "[H]ard to put back on the shelf.remarkably endearing." -- Calgary Herald (Canada) TOP PICK FOR 2007--The Vancouver Province (British Columbia) [C]ringingly hilarious. --Kirkus Reviews Paperback Pick --Chicago Sun-Times "[A] brave, moving, and, yes, seductive story"--David Goodwillie, author of SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME "[R]elayed with self-deprecating wit, a surprising sweetness, and an unceasing sense of amazement."--Booklist "[H}ilarious, occasionally disturbing and utterly impossible to put down...wrting--and not fornicating--is Stoddard's true calling."--Calgary Herald "Grant Stoddard's debut is a sex memoir with heart: an American (wet) dream come true."--Jessica Cutler, author of THE WASHINGTONIENNE "Stoddard's prose manages to be clever, poignant, x-rated, and hilarious... I couldn't put it down."--Lauren Weisberger, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA and EVERYONE WORTH KNOWING "[C]ringingly hilarious."--Kirkus Reviews "Stoddard takes on the city with poignancy and hilarity...and triumphs."--Jonathan Kilmer-Purcell, New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Myself These Days "At it's finest, his work is an antidote to the swaggering misogyny of the genre dubbed "fratire."--Los Angeles Times Book Review "[H]ard to put back on the shelf...remarkably endearing."--Calgary Herald (Canada) "Paperback Pick"--Chicago Sun-Times "Funny, exuberant, outrageous, and tender -- WORKING STIFF is an erotic and comedic page-turner."--Jonathan Ames, author of WAKE UP, SIR! "[O]ne of the best works of creative nonfiction since Joan Didon's Slouching Towards Bethlehem."--The Advocate "HUCK FINN at the Playboy Mansion...you'll have a fantastically fun frolic in Grant's world."--Elle "[C]onsistently hilarious...smart and appealing."--Publishers Weekly Stoddard s prose manages to be clever, poignant, x-rated, and hilarious... I couldn t put it down. --Lauren Weisberger, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA and EVERYONE WORTH KNOWING" [O]ne of the best works of creative nonfiction since Joan Didon s Slouching Towards Bethlehem. --The Advocate" [C]onsistently hilarious...smart and appealing. --Publishers Weekly" HUCK FINN at the Playboy Mansion...you ll have a fantastically fun frolic in Grant s world. --Elle" Paperback Pick --Chicago Sun-Times" [H}ilarious, occasionally disturbing and utterly impossible to put down...wrting--and not fornicating--is Stoddard s true calling. --Calgary Herald" At it s finest, his work is an antidote to the swaggering misogyny of the genre dubbed fratire. --Los Angeles Times Book Review" [H]ard to put back on the shelf remarkably endearing. --Calgary Herald (Canada)" [C]ringingly hilarious. --Kirkus Reviews" Funny, exuberant, outrageous, and tender -- WORKING STIFF is an erotic and comedic page-turner. --Jonathan Ames, author of WAKE UP, SIR!" Grant Stoddard s debut is a sex memoir with heart: an American (wet) dream come true. --Jessica Cutler, author of THE WASHINGTONIENNE" Stoddard takes on the city with poignancy and hilarity...and triumphs. --Jonathan Kilmer-Purcell, New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Myself These Days" [R]elayed with self-deprecating wit, a surprising sweetness, and an unceasing sense of amazement. --Booklist" [A] brave, moving, and, yes, seductive story --David Goodwillie, author of SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME"
