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Helen and Desire [Import] [Paperback]

ALEXANDER TROCCHI (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: OLYMPIA P. (1971)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0700410600
ISBN-13: 978-0700410606
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Trocchi's Most Famous Work, December 10, 2001

Evan Miller "Hedonist and All Around Geek" (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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Written by Trocchi in 1 week, the story of Helen Seferis. A woman who enjoys sensual pleasures to their fullest (...)She enjoys being their pleasure toy. Begins with her running away from home in Australia and ending up going all over the world as a prostitute, a slave, etc.
Probably Trocchi's most famous erotic work. One of the founding books of Olympia Press. Well written and erotic, even for a novel written for sex's sake.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cultural rich erotica, May 23, 2003

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The plot is extremely rich, and the skill of the author is very high in Helen and Desire. But do becareful not to get the Book of the Month Club edition of this book, as it was heavily censored and missed many passages compared to the other editions.

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5.0 out of 5 stars She humps a log in the first chapter, August 20, 2004

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Yep, you read it correctly. Patti Smith was alluding to this book in her poem "babelogue: "each bolt of wood, like the log of Helen, was my pleasure."

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This book cites 9 books:

Young Adam by Alexander Trocchi on 4 pages
Children of Albion Rovers ("Rebel Inc") by Irvine Et Al Welsh in Back Matter
Alexander Trocchi: The Making of the Monster by Andrew Murray Scott in Front Matter
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Desire and Helen by Alexander Trocchi in Front Matter

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