(1987) The Celestial Bed
by Irving Wallace
Here is a do-it-yourself sex manual in the guise of a thinly plotted
novel peopled with oh so noble and dastardly characters. The good guys
are the practitioners of sex therapy kindly Dr. Freeberg and his trained
sex surrogates, who guide their dysfunctional patients to potency and
orgasm. The bad guys are the holier-than-thou types with secret overripe
libidos, who would exploit these committed sex teachers for their own
fame and profit by exposing them as panderer and prostitutes. Happy
cures midst lovers' quarrels and attempted murders are scattered through
these tips for the bedroom. It's not much of a novel, but public
libraries may want it anyway. Literary Guild featured alternate;
Doubleday Book Club dual main selection. Marion Hanscom, SUNY at
Binghamton Lib.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
novel peopled with oh so noble and dastardly characters. The good guys
are the practitioners of sex therapy kindly Dr. Freeberg and his trained
sex surrogates, who guide their dysfunctional patients to potency and
orgasm. The bad guys are the holier-than-thou types with secret overripe
libidos, who would exploit these committed sex teachers for their own
fame and profit by exposing them as panderer and prostitutes. Happy
cures midst lovers' quarrels and attempted murders are scattered through
these tips for the bedroom. It's not much of a novel, but public
libraries may want it anyway. Literary Guild featured alternate;
Doubleday Book Club dual main selection. Marion Hanscom, SUNY at
Binghamton Lib.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.