Book Reviewed: Peter O'Toole: Hell raiser, Sexual Outlaw, Irish Rebel (Blood Moon's Babylon Series), by Darwin Porter

Book Reviewed: Peter O'Toole: Hell raiser, Sexual Outlaw, Irish Rebel (Blood Moon's Babylon Series), by Darwin Porter

The sexual odyssey of Peter O’Toole

This is the third memoir of Peter O’Toole; the first two being, “Loitering with Intent: The Child” is about his childhood in the years leading up to WWII, and the second book, “Loitering with Intent: The Apprentice,” is about his years spent training with a cadre of friends at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Both books were published in 1997. The current book chronicles his sexual odyssey and exploitation of his fame and popularity with more than one thousand women including his co-stars, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Jayne Mansfield, Anita Ekberg and Diana Dors. The most notable being the Princess Margaret while she was still married to Lord Snowdon.

O’Toole was known for leading week-long sex orgies with women who pursued him obsessively. This tremendously gifted Irish actor with severe addiction to alcohol and women could have ended up in jail had he not be a famous actor. A self-described romantic, O'Toole regarded the sonnets as his favorite English poems. He was also political active early in his career opposing the Korean War, and later the American involvement in Vietnam. Peter O’Toole achieved fame and recognition for playing in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first Academy Award nomination but lost the award to Gregory Peck for “To Kill a Mocking Bird.”

When NBA star Wilt Chamberlain revealed that he had physical intimacy with over 20,000 women, the perception of him in the sports world changed, especially for his fans. Peter O’Toole is not an alec, he is a smart Irishman; standing at 6’2”, this blonde and blue-eyed dude published his sex-escapades posthumously, baring his mind, his soul, his body and the rest.