RaveThe Rolling Stone... essential, joyous reading as we follow his adventures meeting soon-to-be-famous artists, dancers, musicians, and writers of Sixties New York ... thanks to his diligence in documenting so many personal details—and floridly annotating so many behind-the-scenes affairs—he has a chance to be reconsidered and credited with being one of the great gay sex-positive pioneers of the late 20th century. The most marvelous thing about Great Demon Kings is that Giorno doesn’t shy away from writing about sex ... Reading the breezy, delicious accounts of so many art world and literary luminaries certainly focuses attention on them in a refreshing way. And despite all of Giorno’s own creative accomplishments, one can feel his frustration at never getting his time to shine fully ... Giorno wallows in all the messy details: the gossip, the jealousies, the star-fuckery, and the blatant grandiosity ... Giorno often goes for blunt details wrapped in cosmic language that’s not the type of thing that is easily applauded by snooty awards boards and literary aficionados (I’ll never forget the threesome between him and William Burroughs and Ginsberg for its quotidian imagery that ends with the oddly pompous addition that they were all \'very respectful of the sacred quality of the moment.\')
