Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2011

Former Metropolis cover boy Charles Ayres has released his memoirs as a Kindle e-book. Billed as “the rudest book you’ll ever love,” Impossibly Glamorous teaches lessons on growing up gay in Kansas, becoming a TV personality in Japan, why you shouldn’t date hustlers with Porsches and what to do when your boyfriend prostitutes himself on the internet. What ’s more, this seamy work of electronic literature comes with an afterword by none other than the Tokyo MetPod’s own Kamasami Kong, who had the fortune to cross paths with Mr. Ayres in the underbelly of Tokyo.