The Voyeur's Motel

OnJanuary7,1980,intherun-uptothepublicationofThyNeighbor'sWife,GayTalesereceivedananonymousletterfromamaninColorado.'Sincelearningofyourlongawaitedstudyofcoast-to-coastsexinAmerica,'theletterbegan,'IfeelIhaveimportantinformationthatIcouldcontributetoitscontentsortocontentsofafuturebook.'ThemanwentontotellTalesearemarkable,shockingsecret,socompellingthatTalesetravelledtoColoradotoverifyitinperson.Butbecausetheletter-writerinsistedonremaininganonymous,Talesefiledhisreportingaway,certainthestorywouldremainuntold.Overthenextthirty-fiveyears,themanoccasionallyreachedouttoTalesetofillhiminonthelatestdevelopmentsinhislife,buthecontinuedtoinsistonanonymity.Finally,afterthirty-fiveyears,he'sreadytogopublic.InthetraditionofThyNeighbor'sWife,Talese'slandmark,best-sellingexplorationofthesexualrevolutioninAmerica,thiswillbeaprovocative,eye-openingandmuch-talked-aboutbook.