Skin City: Behind the Scenes of the Las Vegas Sex Industry

Part expos , part x-rated travel guide -- the ultimate insider's look at America's adult playground

Vegas. It's a place where Midwestern couples become uninhibited swingers, where shy schoolgirls morph into sexy strippers pulling in $1,000 a night, and where randy tourists come to score at more than just blackjack and craps. What happens here, stays here -- and Vegas nightlife is hotter than it's ever been before.

In Skin City, journalist and longtime Vegas resident Jack Sheehan goes beyond the bright lights to explore the dark thrills of the city's sex industry. Both lurid and fascinating, here is an unabashed look at the stripping, swinging, hustling, and hooking that have turned a desert gaming metropolis into the world's capital of lascivious entertainment. But more than a no-holds-barred expos , Sheehan's Skin City offers a connoisseur's catalogue of where to go for readers whose tastes run to the erotic -- with everything from valuable pointers from lap dancers, call girls, and vice cops to porn star Jenna Jameson's list of her favorite Vegas strip clubs.

Author: Jack Sheehan
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 01/03/2006
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.34w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780060838799

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/03/2005 pg. 57
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2005 pg. 1069
Booklist 10/15/2005 pg. 12
Library Journal 11/01/2005 pg. 103

About the Author
Sheehan, Jack: -

Jack Sheehan has written eleven books, including The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas; Buried Lies: True Tales and Tall Tales from the PGA Tour and Embedded Balls, both with professional golfer Peter Jacobsen; and The Class of '47, a profile of the USNA class from Annapolis that is arguably the most distinguished military class ever. He has sold three screenplays to Hollywood. Sheehan received the Nevada Film Commission Award for Outstanding Screenplay for Buddies, the Western States Outstanding Journalist Award for Feature Writing, and the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Article in the United States for his essay The Loneliest Road in America. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Carol, and two young children, J. P. and Lily.