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The Voyeur&#;s Motel
On January 7, , in the run-up to the publication of his landmark bestseller Thy Neighbor&#;s Wife, Gay Talese received an anonymous handwritten letter from a man in Colorado. &#;Since knowledge of your drawn-out awaited study of coast-to-coast sex in America,&#; the letter began, &#;I sense I have significant information that I could contribute to its contents or to contents of a future book.&#;
The man went on to tell Talese an astonishing secret: he had bought a motel outside Denver for the express purpose of satisfying his voyeuristic desires. Underneath the peaked roof of his motel, the man had built an &#;observation platform,&#; fitted with vents, through which he could peer down on his unwitting guests.
Unsure what to make of this confession, Talese traveled to Colorado where he met the man—Gerald Foos—and verified his story in person. But because Foos insisted on remaining anonymous, preserving for himself the privacy he denied his guests, Talese filed his reporting away, assuming
The Voyeur's Motel
On January 7, , in the run-up to the publication of his landmark best seller Thy Neighbor's Wife, Homosexual Talese received an anonymous letter from a male in Colorado. "Since teaching of your long-awaited research of coast-to-coast sex in America," the letter began, "I feel I possess important information that I could contribute to its contents or to contents of a future book." The man went on to tell Talese an astonishing secret: that he had bought a motel to satisfy his voyeuristic desires. He had built an attic "observation platform", fitted with vents, through which he could peer down on his unwitting guests.
Unsure what to make of this confession, Talese traveled to Colorado where he met the man - Gerald Foos - verified his story in person, and examine some of his extensive journals, a secret log of America's changing social and sexual mores. But because Foos insisted on remaining anonymous, Talese filed his reporting away, assuming the story would continue untold. Now, after 35 years, he's ready to go public, and Talese can finally tell his story.
The Voyeur's M On January 7, , in the run-up to the publication of his landmark best seller Thy Neighbor's Wife, Gay Talese received an anonymous letter from a man in Colorado. "Since education of your long-awaited study of coast-to-coast sex in America," the letter began, "I feel I have important information that I could contribute to its contents or to contents of a future book." The man went on to tell Talese an astonishing secret: that he had bought a motel to satisfy his voyeuristic desires. He had built an attic "observation platform", fitted with vents, through which he could peer down on his unwitting guests. Unsure what to make of this confession, Talese traveled to Colorado where he met the man - Gerald Foos - verified his story in person, and browse some of his extensive journals, a secret record of America's changing social and sexual mores. But because Foos insisted on remaining anonymous, Talese filed his reporting away, assuming the story would remain untold. Now, after 35 years, he's ready to go public, and Talese can finally tell his story. The Voyeur's Motel is an extraordinar Gay Talese insisted he could not write about the Voyeur&#;s experiences unless he could use the man&#;s real name. The Voyeur was reluctant to reveal his true self to the world for fear of criminal prosecution and law suits. Over the s and s, Telese and the Voyeur kept up a sporadic correspondence. The Voyeur would send Talese his observations and sections of his detailed journal. Finally, Talese gained permission to uncover the Voyeur&#;s identity and The Voyeur&#;s Motel
Gay Talese&#;s The Voyeur&#;s Motel is one of the creepiest books I&#;ve ever read. Decades ago, Gay Talese, the known non-fiction writer (Honor Thy Father and Thy Neighbor&#;s Wife, etc.) received a letter from a guy in Colorado saying he owned a motel that allowed him to observe the the people in their motel rooms unbeknownst to them. The male claimed he keeping detailed records of the sexual activities going on in those rooms. Gay Telese flew out to Denver, met the Voyeur (as he called himself), and actually witnessed a sex act performed in one of the motel rooms from the hidden vantage point.