Famous Anus: Stories From a Decade Under the Sinfluence

by Jordan Power

From the co-host of the wildly popular gay podcast, Shame On You, comes a hilarious, honest, and sometimes raunchy memoir documenting a decade-long descent into chaos. When Jordan Power checks himself into a mental hospital in the midst of a breakdown, he walks away without answers or prescription drugs — not for lack of asking.Gay, twenty-three, and newly single in downtown Toronto, Power can’t get out of his own way as he begins the journey of trying to figure out the world and himself, one self-destructive step at a time.Power’s unfiltered and humorous account of his path toward growing up and finding love is full of wild tales including run-ins with exes while on LSD, sleeping with his boss, blacking out in Rio, and of course, reconstructive asshole surgery.Acid-tongued Power’s debut novel Famous Anus is a how-not-to guide, showing that even lacking the most basic coping mechanisms, if you’re able to find humor in everything, life — like assholes — can eventually be put back together.

290 pages, Paperback

Published June 9, 2020

Reviews

[Corey Quintaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is not for everyone, but it definitely was for me - my favourite book of the year (although, admittedly, I'm not a huge reader.)

Jordan definitely has a way with words, and his tales (of work, dating, hookups and relationships) are engaging and at turns hilarious and heartbreaking. Think of a gay male Chelsea Handler (during the "My Horizontal Life" era.)

I also identified with a lot of the stories and people in the books - either I've experienced similar adventures (although I won't say which ones here) or known people who have... And many of the characters are also familiar (and sometimes I saw myself, too.)

I anxiously look forward to Jordan's next book... And I'd definitely like to buy him a drink should the opportunity ever arise.

FUN FACT: I was "introduced" to Jordan by his Grandma. My partner and I were having a joint garage sale with our neighbour - and a friend of ours was hanging out with us. Not that it wasn't glaringly obvious from our wares and... well... the four of us... but his Grandma has decent gaydar.

Grandma was driving a hard bargain on my old plasma TV with screen burn and, in conversation, mentioned it was for her grandson in Toronto, and would we like to see a picture. There was an almost audible "Oooh!" from the four of us as his grandma scrolled through - she was so proud, and a lot of fun to chat with.

Jordan, if you're reading this, I'm sorry if the TV sucked... But hey, it led me to your book - and this 5-star review!