The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex and Other True Stories
Author | : Pagan Kennedy |
Publisher | : Santa Fe Writers Project |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 0977679934 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780977679935 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Nonfiction is the new black comedy in this hilarious collection of award-winning literary essays written by the infamous Pagan Kennedy. In the title piece, Alex Comfort, author of The Joy of Sex, reinvents himself as a sex guru in California and hatches a plan to destroy monogamy forever. In the stories that follow, a retired chemist finds a way to turn a wasteland into paradise, an aspiring tyrant tries to become the emperor of America, and an artist rigs himself up to a "brain machine" made from parts he bought at Radio Shack. All of the essays--most of which have appeared in The New York Times Magazine and The Boston Globe Magazine--document the stories of visionaries bent on remaking the world, for better or for worse.