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2.5
Naked Came the Stranger
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In 1969, a group of reporters at Long Island Newsday decided to have some fun. They were appalled at the poor writing in the then-current best-sellers. They decided to have a contest to see who could write on an even lower level of tawdriness.
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2.5
“One star in the same way Pink Flamingos gets one star. I loved both but not everyone enjoys watching a drag queen eat dog poop or reading the intentionally trashy recounts of the sex lives of horny housewives. I enjoy both. It’s trash, but I love trash. Now y’all can look down on me from your ivory towers of literary elitism or come join me in the mud. The stars look way prettier from this angle 😉”
“This was an interesting set of collected short stories. A group of journalists decided to make their own ridiculous contemporary story and so each wrote a chapter about a different man that the main character, Gillian, scoped out, slept with, and often ruined.
Gillian and her husband do a morning radio show ostensibly about how great their marriage is. Meanwhile William/Billy is having affairs. Instead of confronting him, divorcing him, or something where he has any accountability, Gillian decides to seduce all the (married) men in their NYC suburb.
The stories are all interesting, some sadder than others, but overall I enjoyed the different characters that Gillian came into contact with. It's definitely misogynistic especially in the current time period, but I am also interested in "alternative" stories and collections of stories. If the stories weren't connected or were essentially parodies I probably wouldn't have liked them as much.”
“This book was definitely ridiculous and not my kind of book. BUT, the concept and history around it is super cool so I don't regret reading it.”
“Knowing that this book was essentially a parody of the "big money" books of the late 60s going into it, I didn't take it seriously. Which was a good thing. There's not much to say about it...except that the way it flowed was a pleasant surprise since each chapter was written by a different author.”
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