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That's a pretty good description of Ten Days in the Hills (Knopf; 445 pages), a leisurely stretch of talking and rutting that takes its structure from The Decameron and a good part of its spirit from The Kama Sutra. Let's start with The Decameron. In Boccaccio's 14th century compendium of tales, 10 people depart Florence, where the Black Death is raging, for two weeks of food, drink and storytelling in the Tuscan countryside. In Smiley's update, the Iraq war stands in for the plague. Los Angeles, the silkier parts, plays Tuscany. As the war begins...
...movie opens and climaxes, so to speak, with the cross-cutting of several scenes of vigorous sexual activity. One heterosexual couple rushes through a dozen permutations in a wham-bam-Kama-Sutra fashion. A young man photographs his genitals in his bathtub. Another fellow performs acrobatic onanistic sex; he could start his own Cirque de Solo. A dominatrix whups her client, while he tries to pursue the kind of conversational line other people might have on a first date. (He: "Are you a top or a bottom in real life?" She: "This is real life...
...movie opens and climaxes, if I can say that, with the cross-cutting of several scenes of vigorous sexual activity. One heterosexual couple rushes through a dozen permutations in a wham-bam-Kama-Sutra fashion. A young man photographs his genitals in his bathtub. Another fellow performs acrobatic onanistic sex; he could start his own Cirque de Solo. A dominatrix whups her client, while he tries to pursue the kind of conversational line other people might have on a first date. (He: "Are you a top or a bottom in real life?" She: "This is real life...
...want a super kinky book with lots of details and graphic instructions, then “Sexploration” isn’t for you. The tone of this book is more self-help than Kama Sutra. (Though there are a few interesting exercises with rather explicit explanations...
...Love Bloat: The Love Diet Who needs a gym when the boudoir is so close? This book's recipes are not for food but for aphrodisiacs. Try the Venus Avocado or the Ginseng Salmon. Count your pleasures rather than your carbs. BUZZWORDS: Quickies; Well-Balanced Bedroom; the Kama Sutra...