{"product_id":"renaissance-porn-star-the-saga-of-pietro-aretino-the-worlds-greatest-hustler-9781456598792","title":"Renaissance Porn Star: The Saga of Pietro Aretino, The World's Greatest Hustler","description":"ADVANCE PRAISE FOR RENAISSANCE PORN STAR THE SAGA OF PIETRO ARETINO: THE WORLD'S GREATEST HUSTLER Sex, drugs, and the Medicis. A story of murder, revenge, art, pornography, and celebration with an all-star cast of characters: Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, a klatch of mafi a-don-style popes, and Shakespeare. A tale that turns deep, deep erudition into exquisite sweets for the heart and mind. -Howard Bloom, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e If Jan Wenner had given Hunter S. Thompson an assignment to write a historical essay of Renaissance sexuality and literature, the resulting pages might have looked something like \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Porn Star\u003c\/i\u003e raw, uncensored, clearly mad, and quite brilliant. -Jess Winfi eld, author of \u003ci\u003eMy name is Will\u003c\/i\u003e Like a buried treasure unearthed, \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Porn Star\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on how the Italian icon of the Renaissance, Pietro Aretino, helped shape an awakened world. Mark Lamonica mixes his amazing attention to historical detail and breathes new life into Shakespeare. -Thelma Reyna, Ph.D. author of \u003ci\u003eThe Heavens Weep for Us\u003c\/i\u003e What art restoration has done for paintings, Mark Lamonica has done through a historical account of Pietro Aretino that wipes clean the whitewash of our puritanical perspective on the Renaissance over the past several hundred years. Not unlike a newly restored masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Porn Star\u003c\/i\u003e is both beautiful and shocking. -Adam Hall, Shakespeare scholar Mark Lamonica is an accomplished photographer and author of three highly acclaimed books: \u003ci\u003eJunkyard Dogs and William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e (1997); co-author of \u003ci\u003eRio LA: Tales from the Los Angeles River\u003c\/i\u003e (2001); named \"a best book of the year\" by the Los Angeles Times Book Review. \u003ci\u003eWhacking Buddha: The Mysterious World of Shakespeare and Zen Buddhism\u003c\/i\u003e (2005); hailed as a work of \"spiritual literary dynamite.\" He is at work on a new book about the Devil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6842930\"\u003eMark A. Lamonica\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781456598792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1456598791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART015080\"\u003eHistory | Renaissance\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44572457369837,"sku":"9781456598792","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_0a189758-ff39-46e3-931f-0a10ab69003f.jpg?v=1701963365","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/renaissance-porn-star-the-saga-of-pietro-aretino-the-worlds-greatest-hustler-9781456598792","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}