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Raping the Gods: A Tale of Sex and Madness Kindle Edition

by Brian Whitney (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

3.3 38 ratings

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Do you like plain vanilla sex, sobriety, and a sense of normalcy? Then this book isn't for you.

In the tradition of Naked Lunch, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and Catch 22, comes a bizarre black comedy about power trips, insanity, and the dark side of sex.

Brian Whitney – a dissolute, dead broke, alcoholic writer in Portland, Maine – is hired to ghostwrite the memoirs of Dylan, a deranged, fantastically wealthy sex addict, who lives in Samoa with his two female sex slaves. Dylan’s had a profound spiritual awakening during a vision quest he went on with a local tribe. He thinks he met God. Actually, he thinks he met God and had sex with Him.

Raped Him, in fact.

Working with Dylan is the job Whitney’s been waiting for. He can hardly wait to get started. There’s only one catch.

Well, two catches.

One is that Whitney must travel to Samoa, to hear Dylan’s stories, to live as Dylan does, drunk and high for days on end, with his own personal sex slave, so he can understand the world how Dylan sees it.

Two is he must bring with him a photograph of an aging former porn star, nude, passed out, and wearing a moose hat.

Whitney can get the photograph. But can he really live as Dylan does? Can he bring himself to take possession of another person, a slave so abject she will carry out every command, no matter how humiliating? What follows is a strange journey into the dark heart of man, in particular one man who lives as an all-powerful god upon the earth.

“Brian Whitney’s first novel is weird, surreal, and at times so laugh-out-loud funny that you will cough up your breakfast. Imagine if Hunter Thompson and William S. Burroughs went upriver in a Navy patrol boat to visit Colonel Kurtz from Apocalypse Now. The result would be a lot like Raping the Gods.”

-Patrick Quinlan, bestselling author of Sexbot, Smoked, and All Those Moments

About the Author

Brian Whitney has been a counselor, a landscaper, and a case worker at a homeless shelter. His interests include ruminating, perseverating and hanging out in bad places. If you have a Great Dane he will like you immediately.

His writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, Business Insider, Substance.com, TheFix.com, and many other places. In addition to Raping the Gods, he is the author of 37 Stories About 37 Women and Am I Pleasing You? He is also the co-author of memoirs with legendary porn stars Porsche Lynn and Rebecca Lord.

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About the Author

Brian Whitney has been a counselor, a landscaper, and a case worker at a homeless shelter. His interests include ruminating, perseverating and hanging out in bad places. If you have a Great Dane he will like you immediately. He is the author two books of short stories - "37 Stories About 37 Women," and "Am I Pleasing You?" He is the co-author of several books, including the memoirs of porn stars Porsche Lynn and Rebecca Lord. His writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, Business Insider, Substance.com, TheFix.com, and many other places. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00T5D7NVW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Strawberry Books (March 2, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 2, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1706 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 135 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,492,178 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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- #6,269 in Satire Fiction
- #6,711 in Dark Humor

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Brian Whitney has been a prisoner advocate, a landscaper, and a homeless outreach worker. His interests include ruminating and perseverating. He has written or co-authored numerous books, and has been featured in Newsweek, Esquire, Inside Edition, Dr. Phil, Fox News, People.com, Cracked.com, True Murder, and True Crime Garage. He has written for Alternet, Pacific Standard Magazine, Paste Magazine, and many other places. He appeared at CrimeCon in 2019.

He likes to get things crackin'.

You can email Brian at Brianwhitneywriting@gmail.com, or check out his website. http://brianwhitneyauthor.com/

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Compellingly weird!

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2020

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Decidedly weird. Sexually deviant. Drug-induced. Darkly humorous. All of these phrases describe this story. In a one of a kind dark humor stream of consciousness, this book is both insane and insightful as the reader gets a look into the mind of a drug-addled, down on his luck author who amazingly is hired by someone even more sad than himself to write his biography. The story is graphically (in every way) told but the thoughts of the main character, Brian, are so well portrayed that the reader comes to understand his depression, apathy, and odd state of mind. This story is weird, but it does a very good job of portraying its characters in such a light that the reader comes away from the story perhaps understanding this subsection of society and the tortured author a little better than when they began the book. Sprinkled with a unique sense of humor throughout, this story is one that compels the reader to read it from start to finish in one sitting – if only to see what wild and insane thing can happen next.

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2020

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Totally disjointed plot. Character development was severely lacking. None of it felt believable or relatable. Luckily, it is short, so it didn't take long before I was able to be done with it.

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Rough, but eye-opening.

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2021

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“Raping the Gods”, ‘a Tale of Sex and Madness,’ by cutting-edge author Brian Whitney is a trip not easily taken, but one that should be experienced, at least by some.
This book is a very rough and gritty fantasy that should be experienced by only mature readers, in my opinion. It is the perfect picture of a mad and maddening mind. The pictures painted here will definitely offend some, if not most, in some way.
The ideas of drugs, deviant sexual behavior, (to say it mildly) and total addiction to both drugs AND sex are what those pictures are of. This book is not one for all, but for some readers might be the eye-opening experience needed to understand a certain segment of our society; it is at least one for readers wishing to understand extremely dark imaginings.
This book of true insanity is edgy to the point of BEING the edge of that condition itself. Sadly, there is much truth in fiction, and sad truth is portrayed in this revealing story of a most unsavory portion of society.
“Raping the Gods”, still, is not as offensive as the title suggests. It is a short read that can be done in only a few hours. I read it today in less than two. Be cautioned, it is a short read, but not at all an ‘easy’ one.
I recommend this book to well-grounded, ‘sane’ adult readers, but not to ALL readers. I’m glad I got the book and would read it again… but in bright sunshine this time… I think.

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Mr. Furious

Like getting whipped with a tire-iron...in a good way

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015

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This is a difficult book to write a review for. I'm not interested in giving away any significant details of the plot or of the characters, because much of the excitement of reading the book is the unforeseen places it takes you.

With that said, what Whitney has done here is something that is far too rare in today's literary world--he's told the Truth. The book is dark and disturbing in some ways. But that's fine. It doesn't come across like Whitney is manipulating you the reader so that you're disturbed. It's just a dead-eyed look at what's happening. It's the Truth. You can do what you will with the Truth, but don't blame Whitney for giving it to you.

Other reviewers have compared Whitney to Palahniuk or Selby, which are fair comparisons. But I think they're incomplete comparisons. Those writers are trying to arouse a specific reaction to the reader. For what they're strengths may be as writers, they don't tell the Truth. Whitney's writing is a mirror into the macabre and, possibly, insane. But it's just a mirror. And if you look at it with the right kind of eyes, you see the humor and dare I even say twisted beauty of the Truth. It's a refreshing book, in a way. And one of a type that we need more of in today's literature.

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Amy

Intriguing, twisted ride... but not for everyone

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2015

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This book goes to places that many authors fear to tread--and not every reader will appreciate. However, it's an intriguing ride for those willing to step outside of their comfort zone, offering a glimpse into the darker, depraved side of life.

The book wasn't structured how I expected. The plot summarized in the description is more of a framework than the core of the story. As I read the book, it came across more as a connected series of short stories, each capturing a moment in the narrator's and supporting characters' lives. These vignet's vary in their shock value, but all were interesting studies into the complexity of human life and how many strugle to find fulfillment and satisfaction.

I didn't find the book laugh-of-loud funny, per se, but it was amusing in its absurdity. The cast of characters kept my interest and it was definitely unpredicatble.

This book isn't for everyone, but if you're looking for a twisted escape from reality, this may be for you.

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