Review of Java Haute

Java Haute is based on a true story, which would 
be fine if it wasn't autobiographical: there is 
a crushing sense of failure at all turns, but 


that has never been as disheartening as it might 
sound. A flamboyant, hard-drinking, ruthless, and 
womanizing world adventurer comes face-to-face 


with the one antagonist he cannot conquer: 
heterosexuality, that infinitely dangerous 
terrain, will be a place he enters gingerly and 


with more than a little regret. Participating in 
the economy can feel like a requirement