’Toño

Cocky and charming, a New York hustler happily burning through his youth tells how his world turns upside down when he falls into the orbit of 'Toño, a muscular wall of sexual heat operating an obscenely lucrative call boy ring on Manhattan's Upper East Side. . His sordid tale of love, lust and deep dysfunction reveals the disturbing science behind 'Tono's business, which he soon realizes is a sticky web of money and violence ensnaring him as both perpetrator and victim. . Set against the surreal backdrop of 9/11 and its aftermath, he chronicles his headlong dive into the debauchery and seemingly certain doom with wit, brilliance and an unsettling insouciance. As he haplessly admits, "Desire is addiction and I was hooked." . Spoiler alert: Don't expect a visit to Betty Ford.