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"Erotic Review" Bedside Companion (2000)

by Rowan Pelling

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The Erotic Review is a literary phenomenon. Still only in its third year, it has over 20,000 subscribers, a circulation of 30,000 and a readership of 100,000, even though it is not available in newsagents. It attracts writers of the calibre of Auberon Waugh, Arnold Wesker, Alain de Botton, Michael Bywater, Claus von Bulow, Lizzie Speller and Victoria Coren, amongst many others. Artists and cartoonists from Steven Appleby and Michael Heath to Ken Pyne queue up to contribute their work. And yet it only covers one subject - sex. Witty, provocative and intelligent, the Erotic Review has made sex the subject of many a chattering class dinner party. THE EROTIC REVIEW BEDSIDE COMPANION brings together the best contributions from the magazine's archives, as well as providing plenty of new material for its faithful devotees.… (more)
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I run across this book in my collection every so often, and always find myself thinking that I really should get rid of it, but can never quite bring myself to do so. It's such a lightweight collection: erotic content is tame, intellectual content is middle-brow. You could almost be reading mildly salacious items drawn from Punch or The Spectator.

But, but, but . . it's so beautifully designed, and I just can't resist the cover. Back on the shelf you go, my lovely! ( )
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The Erotic Review is a literary phenomenon. Still only in its third year, it has over 20,000 subscribers, a circulation of 30,000 and a readership of 100,000, even though it is not available in newsagents. It attracts writers of the calibre of Auberon Waugh, Arnold Wesker, Alain de Botton, Michael Bywater, Claus von Bulow, Lizzie Speller and Victoria Coren, amongst many others. Artists and cartoonists from Steven Appleby and Michael Heath to Ken Pyne queue up to contribute their work. And yet it only covers one subject - sex. Witty, provocative and intelligent, the Erotic Review has made sex the subject of many a chattering class dinner party. THE EROTIC REVIEW BEDSIDE COMPANION brings together the best contributions from the magazine's archives, as well as providing plenty of new material for its faithful devotees.

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