When you date a new guy, how do you find out about his exes?

What is the correct etiquette for visiting a brothel? How should one react when a transsexual wants to show off her latest surgery? Is it appropriate to speak to television personalities when they're buying underwear? These are the questions that matter in London's Soho neighborhood, where Clayton Littlewood runs the cult clothing store Dirty White Boy. From his window on one of the busiest street corners in the world, Littlewood watches the daily parade of fashion queens, prostitutes, gangsters, and celebrities that make up the population of this strangest of villages. Dirty White Boy is a vivid mosaic of modern London, caught between the ghosts of the past and the uncertainties of the future. With an unforgettable cast of characters ranging from Chico the camp queen to Pam the Fag Lady (with guest spots by stars like Kathy Griffin and Graham Norton), these compulsively readable true tales offer a wry panorama of Soho's rich and often raucous subcultures.

BOOK REVIEW:
A lot of people will love this book, and I have given it four stars because it is well written, amusing and interesting.

But other people will not be wild about it, for the reason I wasn't, and that is that it's effectively a collection of blogs or diary notes, and except at the end where there is a very poignant little slice of life and love ~ there is no unifying story or thread, that grabs me and makes me want to read on to discover what will happen.

If that is confusing, I'm sorry.

Clayton Littlewood apparently had a blog on MySpace for some time, and he may still have one, and spent the quiet times in the shop, Dirty White Boy, which he runs with his husband/partner Jorge, writing about the characters who came into the shop, and the day to day events that happen around them in Soho, in London.

Clayton is a good observer with a queer eye for his surroundings and he notes them vividly, but in snippets that in this book are very short. And there is little to tie them together, so that apart from the dates running consecutively, most of the days, though interesting and amusing to read, could be in any order at all.

For many readers that won't matter, as they will be happily absorbed by the dramas going on and the characters. And if you want a bedtime book it’s ideal. But if you want a story with a beginning and an end, apart from the last sections where the wonderful old characters Leslie and Charlie take center stage, there isn't really one.

Ref :rainbowreview