Hot Talk May 1992

5 OTHER VOICES
This collection of missives from Hot Talk readers features nothing but the hottest sex anywhere
9 ON THE RECORD
There's much more to country music than Garth Brooks. Carmen Ficarra takes a listen
17 IN THE VCR
Our resident film expert John Borrelli looks at the latest action/adventure movies on video
19 HOT OFF THE PRESSES
The power of dried seal penises—and other bizarre bits from the world of sex
21 READING MATTERS
The twisting and turning roads of conspiracy are explored in this month's review of some recent paperback releases.
26 ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
If your job had as many exciting perks as these, you'd be saying, "Thank God it's Monday!"
34 MALCOLM X
Death has done little to lay to rest the heated controversy surrounding this charismatic, enigmatic man
40 WIDE OPEN
Welcome to 1935 Paris, where there's as much sex on the streets as in the boudoirs
44 PHOTO SHOTS I
It's summertime, and the living is easy for baseball fanatic Alisa Vale.
Photographs by Stephen Hicks
53 THE THREE PHASES OF YVES
A toast to one of France's most sophisticated and understated gentleman actors
56 CRIMES MOST HEINOUS - OUR DOSTOYEVSKI: DEREK RAYMOND
Joanna Trail looks at the work of one of the hardest-hitting crime novelists ever
62 SHOOT OUT When the pressures of society become too great, unstable minds can explode with tragic results.
By Carmen Ficarra
69 PSYCHOPATH Adam Parfrey has a frightening talk with a very sick, very dangerous man
72 BANGKOK JOURNAL VI
The reappearance of an ex-girlfriend could mean trouble for Pete as he gets closer and closer to the truth
Fiction by Dick Eliot
80 TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET
Is America's financial fate doomed? Economics specialist Doug Henwood ponders the unthinkable
83 PROSPERITY?
Lisa Faith Phillips sees a ray of hope for America as the economy goes global
86 PHOTO SHOTS II
Ali and Joy had the countryside and each other. They didn't need anything else.
Photographs by Hank Londoner