Seven Against Georgia: Erotic Fiction - Softcover

Mendicutti, Eduardo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802140378 ISBN 13: 9780802140371

Publisher: Grove Press, 2003

Synopsis

Witty, bawdy, and highly titillating, Seven Against Georgia skewers prudish legislation of sexuality by allowing seven flamboyant Spanish gay men to counter sodomy laws by sending their sexual histories and fantasies directly to the head of Georgia's police force. Adopting such over-the-top noms de guerre as Herr Betty Honey and Pamela Poodle, the "ladies" of Seven Against Georgia attack sexual repression with hilarious results. Whether it's Miss Balcony's very special relationship with the man who delivers her morning baguette (and who boasts a similar-sized baton himself), or Herr Betty Honey's passion for a man with a great love of first-communion dresses, Colette Miss Coco's comparative study of the sex she's known in her round-the-world business travels, or Miss Madelon's ode to a man (or, better, several men) in uniform, the testimonials in Seven Against Georgia provide a sparkling entertainment that can be opened at any point and read with great enjoyment. Collectively they make for a delightful and erotic praise to the individual right to pleasure in all its forms.

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About the Author

Eduardo Mendicutti was born in 1948. He is also the author of many literary novels, most recently El Palomo Cojo.

Reviews

Mendicutti pays creative tribute to the power of erotic fantasy in these interlocking stories, which feature seven gay Spanish men who construct elaborate sexual scenarios to defy Georgia's blue laws. The central conceit is paper-thin; in order to protest anti-sodomy regulation in the U.S. state of Georgia, the author's seven flamboyant drag queens take on elaborate noms de guerre and mail cassette tapes describing their sexual adventures to an anonymous Georgia police chief. Food fetishes are the main sexual course for "Miss Balcony" and her paramour, a baker who uses his baguette as a way to bring the couple to climax. Uniforms surface as the primary preoccupation for Miss Madelon, who ends up in a three-way tryst with a pair of soldiers, one Spanish and the other Portuguese. Another character named Pamela Poodle provides an elaborate tour of sexual fantasies based on the attractions offered by famous silver screen actors, while Colette La Coco conducts a far-flung tour of places that lend themselves to semi-public, risqu‚ sex in airports and other prominent travel destinations around the world. Mendicutti proves to be a ribald, accomplished storyteller, and his colorful cast of characters provide more than enough flash to embellish the titillating tales. But the structure is boilerplate; once Mendicutti establishes his basic motif, the characters become interchangeable, and the relentless focus on over-the-top sex scenes is monotonous. Moreover, the author does nothing with the conceit involving the police chief once he uses it to set the literary stage. Mendicutti makes his point about the endlessly creative variations humans will employ to get around repressive sexual laws, but as a work of erotic fiction this book is a bit limp.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802140378
• ISBN 13: 9780802140371
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160