Uncover the details of the sexual desires your conscious mind is too ashamed to admit to. So you like animals. Everyone likes animals. But if you really, really like animals—or clowns, or trees, or dressing up in a fur suit before you enter the bedroom—hen this book is for you. The Deviant’s Pocket Guide is an unerringly witty and surprisingly comprehensive pocket encyclopedia of the absurd and hilarious fantasies we indulge in the bedroom. As DiClaudio puts it, “human sexuality is a lovely and complex flower,” and this book is a colorful testament to that. In its pages, you will find clowns, balloons, hot rods, shoes, and a curio cabinet’s worth of other unlikely sexual objects. Each of the forty illustrated encyclopedia entries is broken down into relevant sections, including a narrative fantasy typical of the fetish, the speculated psychological origins, and a few other factoids to complete the picture. The Deviant’s Pocket Guide is a look into our collective medicine cabinets: clever, devious, and surprisingly thorough—a handbook of our best-kept secrets, difficult to put down and impossible to ignore.
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Dennis DiClaudio is a humor and fiction writer and an improvisational and sketch comedian. He has had several plays produced, is an online writer for Comedy Central, and spent years in the editorial department of Elsevier, one of the world’s largest medical publishing companies. He is the author of The Hypochondriac’s Pocket Guide and The Paranoid’s Pocket Guide. He lives in Philadelphia.
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This review is from: The Deviant's Pocket Guide to the Outlandish Sexual Desires Barely Contained in Your Subconscious (Paperback)
The Deviant's Pocket Guide To The Outlandish Sexual Desires Barely Contained In Your Subconscious is a glorious exploration into freeky deeky sexuality.
The old favorites, BDSM, necrophillia, etc., are all represented well here, but there's so much more to love. As someone who loves searching the net to observe as many strange and funny obsessions as possible, it means a lot to say that this book has many fetishes I had never even thought of -such as nasophillia, the obsession of noses. Additionally, the book educates you about the fetishes in detail. It tells you what people feeling these desires fantasize about and warns you about potential hazards of exploring these fetishes. I enjoy reading about the psychology behind certain strange desires and was interested to know that quite a few of these obsessions begin with a fear. For example, many people with acrotomophillia, an amputee fetish, actually have a strong aversion to amputated body parts. Writer Dennis DiClaudio is humorous, informative and surprisingly, non-sexual, in his portrayal of these desires. When he mentions foot fetishes, he talks about pointing with toes and jumping being a lot of fun -only implies sexual behaviors. The book is a real treat to read. Even people who have a sense of humor, but aren't obsessed with finding new and silly fetishes will still love it.
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A lovely little romp through the annals of sexual novelty, this book was much funnier than The Hypochondriac's Guide, which occasionally became somewhat tedious. Sure, this book utilizes its shock value, and I got some raised eyebrows when I misplaced it on campus and put out a call for its return. But it's back, and I'm glad, because it was intriguing enough for a second read.
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DeClaudio has written several "Guide Books" that are excellent to leave laying around for guests to pick up, turn to any page and get a smile. He has basically taken a subject and then bull dog through the topics that are most apt to make the reader squirm (and laugh out loud). Lots of fun. I'm using the same review of all books in the series. No matter which ones you choose you'll enjoy equally.....bg
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