THE ORDEAL OF THE ROD Ophelia Press

188pp. One of the Olympia Press' books printed under the Ophelia Press imprint. Burns' Ordeal is the tale of a man capable of subjecting women in every way possible, travelling from Mexico to New Orleans and beyond. Rodney for a time finds a boy named Miguelito, whose physical gifts nearly rival his own, and the pair really gives Rodney's girl the what-for. In the second part, six years pass and Rodney is on his own, continuing the sexual adventure. Rebound in boards with green cloth spine; cover panel of original neatly excised and pasted down to front board. Piece of cello tape, discolored with age, on front. Slightly cocked and some grubbiness to page edges, Internally clean and tight. Good+.