▁highlight ing ▁a ▁passage ▁in ▁which ▁Bow ers ▁describes ▁how ▁he ▁mil ked ▁a ▁cow . ▁Although ▁he ▁considered ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁details ▁too ▁much ▁for ▁the ▁general ▁reader , ▁he ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁" a ▁good ▁tr ash y ▁read ". ▁Matt ▁T yr n auer , ▁a ▁writer ▁for ▁Van ity ▁Fair , ▁described ▁Bow ers ▁as ▁" like ▁the ▁Kin sey ▁Re ports ▁live ▁and ▁in ▁living ▁color ", ▁if ▁the ▁reader ▁believed ▁him . ▁Jo anna ▁Wal ters , ▁in ▁The ▁Guardian , ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁a ▁" tit ill ating ▁catalog ue ▁of ▁sexual ▁intr igue ." ▁ ▁Film ▁adaptation ▁ ▁Matt ▁T yr n auer , ▁director ▁of ▁Valent ino : ▁The ▁Last ▁Emperor ▁( 2 0 0 8 ), ▁directed ▁a ▁doc ud rama ▁film ▁adaptation ▁titled ▁Scot ty ▁and ▁the ▁Secret ▁History ▁of ▁Hollywood , ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁▁ ▁Hollywood ▁Bab yl on ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Full ▁Service : ▁My ▁Advent ures ▁in ▁Hollywood ▁and ▁the ▁Secret ▁Sex ▁L ives ▁of ▁the ▁Stars ▁at ▁Gro ve / At l antic ▁ ▁Category : 2 0 1 2 ▁non - f iction ▁books ▁Category : Book s ▁adapted ▁into ▁films ▁Category : Hol lywood ▁history ▁and ▁culture ▁Category : G ro ve ▁Press ▁books ▁Category : Book s ▁about ▁actors ▁Category : Non - f iction ▁books ▁about ▁same - sex ▁sexual ity ▁Category : Non - f iction ▁books ▁about