THE PORNOGRAPHER'S POEM
Michael Turner, . . Soft Skull, $14.95 (296pp) ISBN 978-1-932360-23-3
An unnamed narrator recounts his sexual awakening as it relates to porn movies in this odd, inventive and overwrought novel composed of recollections, interrogations, letters, lists and screenplay fragments. At 16, the narrator makes a scratchy Super-8 of his neighbors getting down with their dog and also witnesses his first real porno; after that, he enters the business himself, as a filmmaker and a performer. He and his feminist friend Nettie have a volatile relationship—they fight and make love heatedly and endure long separations. After she gets back from school in England, they start work on a new project,
Reviewed on: 05/24/2004
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 320 pages - 978-0-385-25845-6
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