me: I need a famous author or poet who was good with the writing about sex.
Cami: the only one I can think of is Andre Brink - he's obsessed with sex. We on for lunch?
me: Yeah lunch. At 1? No. I don't like Andre. I mean like Fowles. I haven't read the French Lt's Wife but it sounds quite hotty.
Cami: It isn't I'm afraid. He wrote another one that was quite, but I can't remember what it's called. It's bizarre.
me: Damn. Perhaps a poet? The romantics must have been all down with the steamy? Maybe I'll just have to settle for Yeatts. But that's not so much sex as it beastiality.
Cami: Okey doke. As thrilling as this conversation is I have to go hang myself. Where we meeting? Bread Basket?
me: Sounds excellent. Woot. Bye. And please don't hang yourself. Before lunch anyway.
Cami: ciao ciao. See you later. Will try hold out until 3. But then I'm hanging myself.
me: Ok. I'll join you. After lunch. Can't suicide on an empty stomach.
Later that day. At lunch. At the Bread Basket.
me: Maybe Michael Ondaatjie. But he's not very well known.
Cami: He is quite.
me: Yeah, but for the English Patient and that's like grotesque because the dude has no skin.
Cami: Right.
I love my friends. Mostly for never asking questions.
Friday, September 19, 2008
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I wouldn't use the word "good" but two famous authors who are famous for their sex scenes - Wilbur Smith & Sydney Shelldon. They were my sex ed at age 12.
Oh. As was LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER.
And then there was that famous poet who wrote about the green hills of jerusalem or something, where someone must "bring him his spear of burning fire". Our teachers got off on making us analysing his poems. Perverted bastards.
Michael Ondaatje!! You just posted him to win us Canadians back from yesterday's American tweet.
That's okay...it worked.
His Billy the Kid collection is great stuff. Trippy as hell. Not much sex in it so much as death...
Champagne Heather: Yeah, I also wouldn't use the word good. I was thinking more classic literature that has become public knowledge so I quote and plaigerise the crap out of it. Lady Chatterly's Lover - D.H. Lawrence! I think you've just cracked the case of the missing sex author wide open! Thanks!
Ben: Yesterday's tweet was in connection with another blog I write on (I wrote an article about the downfall of the American economy and some economist from CA wrote an essay about how right I was as a comment - it made me feel good) but I love Canadians! And am glad to have you back. Please don't leave again. It makes me sad.
And I did enjoy Ondaatjie's English Patient even though it was not so much cohesive. Never read anything else of his though, but now that I know he's Canadian I'll rectify that :)
I LOVE John Fowles, you have to read the Magus. It is a bit long but it has some wierd sex, and really it is all about one pissed off woman!
Po: Yeah, I love Fowles as well - The Collector rocked. I have the Magus but haven't read it yet. I will soon though, as soon as I've finished James Meek's The People's Act of Love which is also kinda brilliant.
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