""How many bottoms can I top before I pass the threshold of sexual acceptability and destroy my chances for being a contender in the sweepstakes of romance?"" I'm easy, gay sex is easy, but love is hard. Written as erotic, confessional, and ironic blog entries by Edward Southgate, a gay man tomcatting through the nightlife of New York City, "Great Pleasures" explores the disconnection of romantic hopes from sex as habitual entertainment. With graphic frankness, cheeky humor, poetic flights, mortifying vulnerability, and brutal honesty, Edward seeks the secrets at the heart of sex between men.