The Happy Hooker Explained

The Happy Hooker: My Own Story[1] is a best-selling memoir by Xaviera Hollander, a call girl, published in 1971.[2] [3] It sold over 20 million[4] copies. Robin Moore, who took Hollander's dictations of the book's contents, came up with the title, while Yvonne Dunleavy ghostwrote it.[5] [6] In an interview published in 2019, Hollander said Dunleavy "was the one who wrote the book. They taped me, simply asking questions about my life and had the chapters spewed out in about three months. She wrote it, he edited it. He tried in vain to write a chapter, it was a piece of shit".[7]

Adaptations

Hollander's book inspired a series of movies, starting with The Happy Hooker (1975), which starred Lynn Redgrave.[8] The film was followed by two sequels: The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)[9] and The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980).[10] In the sequels the role of Hollander was played by Joey Heatherton and Martine Beswick respectively.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hollander, Xaviera . The Happy Hooker: My Own Story . Sphere Books . 1971 . 0-06-001416-4 . registration .
  2. Web site: The Happy Hooker on being happy ever after. 2021-07-22. independent. en.
  3. Web site: 2021-07-12. As a sex worker I wanted to write a novel that shows the truth about prostitution. 2021-07-22. inews.co.uk. en.
  4. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20080626_Philmadelphia.html The Philadelphia Inquirer
  5. John Cassidy, "The hell-raiser", Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 2000, Good Weekend, p. 80
  6. Web site: 'Happy Hooker' Gives her take on Feminism, Sexuality. 2021-07-22. NPR.org. en.
  7. Book: Bindel, Julie. 39. The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth. 2019. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 978-1349959471.
  8. Web site: The Happy Hooker Details. https://web.archive.org/web/20140331124746/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/21481/The-Happy-Hooker/details. dead. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2014. 2014-03-31.
  9. Web site: THE HAPPY HOOKER GOES TO WASHINGTON British Board of Film Classification . www.bbfc.co.uk . . 13 December 2018.
  10. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=56428 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood

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