Paying for It, "a comic strip memoir about being a
john", is a 2011
graphic novel by
Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown. A combination of
memoir and
polemic, the book explores Brown's decision to give up on romantic love and to take up the life of a "john" by frequenting
prostitutes. The book, published by
Drawn and Quarterly, was controversial, and a
bestseller.
The book is concerned with Brown's conflicting desire to have sex, but not wanting to have another girlfriend after his partner
Sook-Yin Lee breaks up with him. His solution is to forgo traditional boyfriend/girlfriend relationships and
marriage. He takes up frequenting prostitutes, and comes to advocate prostitution as superior to the "possessive monogamy" of traditional male–female relations, which he debates with his friends throughout the book.
Brown presents his views in detail in the closing 50-page text section, which includes a 23-part appendix, end notes, and a note from friend and fellow cartoonist
Seth. Despite being about the separation of sex from romantic love, Brown calls the book "a type of love story".
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http://www.amazon.com/Paying-Chester...=paying+for+it
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