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I, Libertine
Theodore Sturgeon
出版
Open Road Media
, 2013-06-18
主題
Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / Satire
Fiction / Humorous / General
ISBN
1480410101
9781480410107
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=my22dtghglkC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
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The novel that began as a radio hoax, Theodore Sturgeon’s
I, Libertine
is a hilarious erotic romp through the royal boudoirs of eighteenth-century London
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Inspired by a notorious radio hoax in the mid-1950s, popular radio host and prankster Jean Shepherd exhorted his faithful listeners to approach their local booksellers the next morning and request copies of the historical novel
I, Libertine
by Frederick R. Ewing—a book that had never been written, by an author who had never been alive. The hoax was so successful that
I, Libertine
became the talk of the town, even earning the unique distinction of being banned by the Archdiocese of Boston, despite the fact that it didn’t yet exist. Now there was nothing left to do but write the thing . . . and fantasy and science fiction legend Theodore Sturgeon was called in to work his magic./divDIV /divDIVOriginally written pseudonymously, Sturgeon’s
I, Libertine
is a glorious tale of close shaves, daring escapes, and wildly licentious behavior. It covers the bawdy misdeeds of Captain Lance Courtenay as he carelessly romps through the royal court and the bedchambers of London’s finest ladies. Chock-full of wicked wit and Sturgeon’s trademark twists and turns, it is a hilarious, picaresque adventure that Ewing himself would certainly have been proud to call his own, if he had existed./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Theodore Sturgeon including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the author’s estate, among other sources./div