Sebastian Horsley busted at the border
This is a wonderful example of the kettle calling the pot black in the New York Times. The US of A refuses entry to British memoirist Sebastian Horsley, the author of Dandy in the Underworld, because he’s a former druggie and used prostitutes. Interesting! The still warm Eliot Spitzer nonsense is generating acres of newspaper print but US customs and immigration is making sure a sicko Brit doesn’t taint any God fearing Americans.
Here what he would have outlined to America….
In “Dandy of the Underworld” Mr. Horsley, who is notorious in Britain, writes of being raised by alcoholic, sexually promiscuous parents and bouncing through several schools. He details a debauched life of cocaine, heroin, opium and amphetamine use, writing that he spent more than £100,000 (nearly $200,000) on crack cocaine and £100,000 to consort with more than 1,000 prostitutes. He also chronicles his trip to the Philippines to be hung from a cross, an event that was recorded by a photographer and videographer and formed part of an art exhibition that was extensively covered by the news media in his home country.
Sounds like a regular memoir to me - I wonder if he made it up?
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Of course he made it up! And his publisher made up the immigration hoax. This is a PR stunt set up to sell books. Are people really going to fall for it?
April 1st, 2008 at 8:59 am
It’s true but excellent PR for the author - better than any book tour. He’s due to come back to the States at the end of April - I wonder if they’re going to let him in.
R