Around the World in 80 Lays: Adventures in Sex Travel

Reader Reviews
I went to Jr. High with the author and was surprised to learn he wrote a book about sex tourism. When I knew him he was a shy, goofy kid, not the kind that would grow up and have crazy encounters with Brazilian prostitutes and American porn stars. As the title suggests, the book has anecdotes that would make Howard Stern blush. One girl threatens to slice off Joe's manhood if he doesn't do her immediately, while another runs out of his hotel room with his money, causing him to chase her across a parking lot in his underwear. The book ties in these overseas capers with the author's experiences as a journalist covering the adult industry. Among his assignments was an especially juicy story with a porn starlet named Brittney Skye. In addition to the racy stories, the book gives a sense of what some of the sex havens are like. In Brazil, "you'll find brothels in shopping malls, across the street from churces, and next door to banks." Let me explain that I have as little interest in having sex with South American hookers after reading the book as I did before, but I'm dying to go to Rio de Janeiro and see if it's really as wild as Joe describes it. While I really enjoyed this book, at times the details seemed dry or overly "technical." Joe devotes a little too much space to the rules and regulations at some brothels. Also, I would have liked to know more about the women. How did they become sex workers? What happens to them afterwards? Maybe Joe can explore those questions in his next book.