Marcus Huttning

The books presented in the current Olympia imprint vary considerably in standard, and even though the publisher's courage must be generally applauded for their choice, particularly in certain details of the books' subject matter, some caveats are necessary when individual standards become marginal. This book is an example. Essentially, the worldly unwise Linda visits her uncle on holiday. She finds that he is living with an erotically charged young woman with omnivorous tastes, and that he also houses a young man and another young woman who are scarcely less uninhibited in the taking of their intimate exercise. Linda becomes precipitately involved in coupling individually with the whole household, and she bounces to and fro among them with few limitations as to 'what goes where' as they self-indulge enthusiastically. As the options become (literally) exhausted a party is arranged in which a donkey plays a dominant part, and the book ends with the reader wondering where it could possibly go from there. The writing is close to the border between erotic literature and pulp fiction, and although the scenarios are undoubtedly hot, I found the overall impression to be rather chilly.… (mere)