In Lust We Trust

by Gerrie Lim

Join former Penthouse Variations “Cinema Blue” columnist and current AVN Online International Correspondent Gerrie Lim as he documents the perverse universe of the porn star and exposes the curious and complex world of sex and celebrity. Read interviews with Jenna Jameson, Jill Kelly, Silvia Saint, Asia Carrera and many more adult-film superstars and find out what really happens off-camera at porn shoots.

Genres: Nonfiction

244 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2006

Reviews

[Lucas · Rating 2 out of 5]

the inside of adult industry - mainly in US
seeing from inside the industry is well just like any other industry - do not read this unless you have curiosity and no other better books to read

[Bruce Graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the 'Foreplay' to the text, porn star Annabel Chong says this to her fellow Singaporean, the author, Gerrie Lin:

“Porn stars have issues like Kleenex has tissues.”

She would know. Annabel started one of the strangest crazes in sexual sport history: a world-record gang-bang with 251 partners. This rapidly escalated beyond any semblance of sanity to a two-day marathon of 2,000 partners by a British woman called Sabrina Johnson. Shortly thereafter, she wishes she had never done it. Or won it.

As the author points out, porn brings paradox. People hide behind their personal lives behind their extroverted sexual activities. Gerrie Lim was skillful at finding the 'issues' that Annabel Chong mentioned, gaining the trust of a lot of different stars.
Asia Carrera, one of the top porn stars in the world at the time, handed him her diaries, for example. Thus we learn that the woman with an IQ of 156, a piano prodigy, and all-round overachiever, went into porn because her parents didn't show her love. She wasn't alone.
We find the wildly uninhibited actress Belladonna was a Mormon bishop's daughter.
Gerrie Lim, did a good job at finding the 'issues' while maintaining a light, almost flippant tone through the book. He found a killer line for summarizing the industry by Julianne Moore:

“The thing I learned,” she said, “was that it’s positional, not emotional.”

[Enrique · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting glimpse into an industry few understand.

Mr. Kim reported on the poem industry for many years. His memoir provides interesting insight into an industry that few understand, but many know about to some degree.

[Juan Espinoza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nada nuevo bajo el sol, el libro aunque interesante por momentos se queda corto, especialmente en el factor de 'shock' sobre los mecanismos que trabajan en la industria pornográfica. Le faltó algo, quizás mas sordidez.
De todas maneras es una buena fotografía de un tiempo específico, sobre todo si consideramos que muchos de los entrevistados ya ni siquiera trabajan en la industria porno.

Hizo falta una entrevista a Belladonna.

[Suica · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'd rather read Famous magazine.