The New York Instances–bestselling parody of Voltaire’s Candide that was banned in France and went on to develop into a salacious cult traditional.
Sweet is an ideal, idealistic, harmless lady, born on Valentine’s Day, which, her daddy says, is why she’s so stunning. In school in Racine, Wisconsin, she listens earnestly to Professor Mephisto’s lecture on philosophy and the way “deep and aching are the wants of man”—and takes his pronouncement to coronary heart.
She’s going to dedicate the remainder of her days to bringing the candy balm of her heat to all these lonely males on her arduous path to religious enlightenment—a hunchback, a crazed gynecologist in a bar rest room, her father’s lecherous twin brother, her guru on the nutty Cracker Basis . . .
It’s in Tibet, throughout an earthquake, that Sweet will lastly discover full . . . enlightenment. This rollicking story, by a duo of authors together with the legendary Dr. Strangelove screenwriter who additionally wrote for Saturday Evening Reside and toured with the Rolling Stones over the course of his colourful profession, is, within the phrases of William Styron, “wickedly humorous to learn and morally bracing as solely good satire might be.”
This book options an illustrated biography of Terry Southern together with uncommon photographs and never-before-seen paperwork from the creator’s property and an prolonged biography of Mason Hoffenberg.
ASIN : B004VSV7M2
Writer : Open Street Media (Might 3, 2011)
Publication date : Might 3, 2011
Language : English
File measurement : 7001 KB
Textual content-to-Speech : Enabled
Display screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Phrase Clever : Enabled
Print size : 200 pages
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