by Legs McNeil
First published 2005
From a $22,000 Mafia investment in the infamous Deep Throat, the adult film industry exploded into a $10 billion juggernaut. Legs McNeil's The Other Hollywood peels back the curtain on this wild, untold history, chronicling the rise of porn through the voices of its stars, filmmakers, and underworld financiers. Careening between the shady characters who bankrolled the industry and the performers who became household names, this riveting oral history captures the full, tragicomic humanity behind one of America's most successful businesses.
Genres: history, crime, adult, non-fiction, true-crime, oral-history
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: oral-history
Setting: United States
620 pages · Hardcover · Regan Books
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content