Vox56 reviews
Nicholson Baker

Vintage, 1993

Great Read

+ The Joy of Anonymous Indecency...
+ a complicated mind
+ Gen-X Neurotica
  
  











  



  
The Magus221 reviews
John Fowles

Dell, 1985

Yes.

+ STAYS WITH YOU
+ he should have left it alone
+ Where's the rest of the story?
  
  











  



  
Lolita (Everyman's Library classics)19 reviews
Vladimir Nabokov

Everyman's Library, 1992

Still stirs the imagination after all these years.

+ Sublimely beautiful
+ "Lolita"
+ Controversial, haunting and somehow strangely compelling
  
  











  



  
Lady Chatterley's Lover (Bantam Classics)87 reviews
D.H. Lawrence

Bantam Books, 1983

I've read three books by Lawrence...this was the only one I liked

+ Love in the Void
+ Incandescent. Perfect.

I picked up Lady Chatterley's Lover (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) from Amazon for $6.95. In the absence of an available Everyman's Cloth Edition, the B&N is likely the way to go. In terms of supplemental material it is quite comparable to this: (Lady Chatterley's ...
  
  











  



  
Tropic of Cancer161 reviews
Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

Know the background before you read this classic

+ Tropic of Cancer review
+ Original For Its Time--crude and rude
+ Fountain of youth
+ Puerile, vulgar, and tawdry.
  
  











  



  
Brass9 reviews
Helen Walsh

Canongate U.S., 2004

Disturbing, graphic, and sexually depraved

+ Gritty, real - hardcore smut for chicks with a bad side
+ One of the best books I've read in a while
+ Millie's like a bottle of Southern Comfort
  
  











  



  
Carrie's Story: An Erotic S/M Novel52 reviews
Molly Weatherfield

Cleis Press, 2002

Carrie's Story

+ Good Book

Stunningly written - I could almost feel the lashes and humiliation she received from Jonathon and feel her tears. There were times I cried with her.
  
  











  



  
The Carpetbaggers15 reviews
Harold Robbins

Buccaneer Books, 1993

Fantastic

+ classic adolescent book
+ Hot and Exciting!
+ The Zenith Of A "Writing Machine" Author's Career.
  
  











  



  
Singular Pleasures2 reviews
Harry Mathews

Dalkey Archive Press, 2000

Brilliant realization of high concept

+ A series of fetes for the one thing besides death...

The concept, as I read it, is that most of us are bound by a common secret--masturbation--and that the lengths we go to in order to achieve release are what makes us distinct from each other as individuals--our imaginations. To prove it, Mathews, one of America's best unkowns, has written 61 ...
  
  











  



  
Crash: A Novel119 reviews
J. G. Ballard

Picador, 2001

Human ugliness laid bare...

+ A Difficult Book on the Problem of Modernity

I was traveling to London on business. Whenever I get a chance to go abroad, I try to read something "of the region." Or at least something that contains a metaphor for the trip. Reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson on my first trip to London and Edinburgh worked quite nicely. Digging into ...
  
  











  



  
An American Dream30 reviews
Norman Mailer

Vintage, 1999

I 've listened about 12 times in the car

+ The devil's in the details of the American Dream.
+ American nightmare

I never get tired of this book by Norman Mailer as read by MacDonald Carey. He has a great voice and a great acting style that make you see the book in your head like a movie! I am not kidding, sometimes I forget it was a book and think I saw this movie! I protect this tape like the special item ...
  
  











  



  
In the Cut95 reviews
Susanna Moore

Plume, 1999

sort of a more graphic version of "Looking for Mister Goodbar"...

+ Dark erotic thriller

As you can tell from the other reviews, "In The Cut" is a rather graphic and depressing read about a young English Lit instructor in Manhattan who seems to be a bit over-sexed, attracts over-sexed and depraved men, and finds herself in a very dangerous position. The book is very bold, too bold for ...
  
  











  



  
Fear of Flying64 reviews
Erica Jong

NAL Trade, 2003

fear of flying

+ Refreshing and Surprising book from a female author who dares to "Go there." Oh no she didn't! Oh yes,she did!!
+ Glad I didn't give up on it

Great book I love it. I want to thank the seller for the timely and prompt delivery of this product.
  
  











  



  
Endless Love43 reviews
Scott Spencer

Harper Perennial, 1999

Do not die without reading this book

+ One of the Truly Great Modern Novels
+ Absolutely amazing
+ Fascinating study
+ A story for anyone thats ever loved and lost
  
  











  



  
Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
John Cleland

BookSurge Publishing, 2000

John Cleland (1710-1789) - an English writer, journalist and translator. His novel"Fanny Hill, or Memories of a Woman of Pleasure" is an erotic masterpiece, which narratesabout scandalous events taking place in the life of a woman, her disreputable adventures.The views on life of eighteenth century bourgeoisie combined with sexual passion and romantic love.
  
  











  



  
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel289 reviews
Haruki Murakami

Vintage, 1998

Patience and Growth Yields Great Reward

+ A certain "something" that is bizarre and intriguing
+ Excellent read
+ Think for yourself
+ Chronicle of the Lost
  
  











  



  
Story of the Eye54 reviews
Georges Bataille

City Lights Publishers, 2001

Grotesque and Astonishing

+ So different and interesting read
+ Great First Novel
+ Thought Provoking, Brilliant and Grotesque ...
  
  











  



  
Candy21 reviews
Terry Southern, Mason Hoffenberg, ...

Grove Press, 1996

CROSS BETWEEN LOLITA,3 STOOGES, AND HENRY MILLER!

+ Wonderful Tongue-in-Cheek Piece of Work!

For some of the most outrageous writing and set pieces ever devised, look no further than this bizarre romp through the sexual deliriums of several characters, including the ripe and whifty heroine, some perverse academics and MD's, her older relatives, especially her aunt, and some far eastern ...
  
  











  



  
Portnoy's Complaint101 reviews
Philip Roth

Vintage, 1994

Funny, Influential, Modern, Psychological Jewish Novel -- that's well worth your time...

+ Laugh-out-loud hilarious!
+ I thought this was a book about gangsters
+ Great Reflection of 1969 and Jersey Jews [52][T]
  
  











  



  
The End Of Alice79 reviews
A.M. Homes

Scribner, 1997

this one thoroughly creeped me out

+ Brilliant
+ A Beautiful Tale of Love and Loss
+ Daring
+ There are those....