What Really Happens in Bed

Steven Carter. Dell Publishing Company, $8.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-440-50330-9

The coauthors of bestselling Men Who Can't Love interviewed 250 people aged 19 to 74 to learn about sexual relationships. PW reported that the authors suggest here that ``most of us are `sexual chameleons,' shuttling between serial monogamy, extramarital affairs, multiple partners and celibacy.'' Author tour. (Oct.)

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