The contributors to this collection of short stories expose the various souls of seduction, that most ancient ritual of love. From middle-class adultery to the seductive properties of the criminal, these tales show that every seduction reluctantly acknowledges the transitory nature of love.
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From Publishers Weekly
This 12-story collection of erotica from the U.K. claims to focus on the seduction that precedes sex rather than the sex itself. What one expects is to be left hanging breathless at the end of each story, knowing that sex, although unwritten, is inevitable. Unfortunately, these seductions aren't necessarily successful or terribly erotic. Atlanta's attempt to entice a young boy from a catalogue company in A.L. Barker's "Soft Sell?A Fantasy" is embarrassing rather than seductive. In Steven Kelly's "Strangeness and Charm," an artist's model named Grace discovers that although she is frequently looked at, she lacks seductive power. The stories read like incidents rather than passionate encounters of mind and/or body and they lack the emotion that marks American erotica. The stories in this collection may not be an American reader's cup of tea and will probably serve more to reinforce stereotypes of British sexual reserve.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
In an era when sex is sometimes considered riskier than eating vegetables grown on the Bikini atoll, the technique and art of seduction can yet be seen as an end in itself. This collection amplifies that belief in stories ranging from Deborah Levy's tale of high longing in low dialect, "Jack Says," to A. L. Barker's mesmerizing "Soft Sell--a Fantasy," about a one-and-three-quarter-pound catalog that offers the discriminating a "unique range of services" to "assist in `procuring'. . . the object of any desire--`however unusual.'" Ray Shell's hot, humorous fantasy of the godlike joining of "Anu and Le-lea" is notable, too, as is editor Peake's "The Good Butler," an elegant depiction of 40-year-old Ralph, driven to daily swimming in order to drive back middle age, only to be driven by desire when two lean young studs at the pool tease him to self-revelation. A nice compilation, worthy of its place in mainstream collections as well as those that feature erotica. Whitney Scott
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