Passionate Amazons
Harry Barstead
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PASSIONATE AMAZONS is a collection of short stories.
Start out with “Tropical Heat Wave”, which is set in the world of greyhound racing in Florida and has the standard noir plot of the rich old guy, the beautiful young wife, and the horny, not-too-bright protagonist.
“Too Hot for Him” is about a guy whose wife abandons him and their three-month-old son. When her father dies several years later, the narrator keeps a promise he made to the dying man and goes looking for her. What he finds isn’t pretty.
“No Good in Bed” is the weakest item in this collection. It’s not actually a story at all, but rather a mock-sociological essay about the sexual habits of the average American female.
“65 Men and a Girl” takes place in the cell block of a county jail somewhere in the South, where the jailer stages fights between the inmates every Saturday night, with the winner getting a visit from a local prostitute as his prize.
“I Saw You!” is a short, twist ending story about a cheating wife.
“Without Shame” is the story of a couple of young lovers who are trying to make it on the nightclub circuit as a dance team.
“Look But Don’t Touch” ventures into Orrie Hitt territory with a Peeping Tom who sees a lot more than he bargained for.
“Prisoner of Lust” is an amnesia story in which a young woman wakes up with a husband she can’t remember and a murder charge hanging over her head.
“Sex Down South” is the longest story in the book, a novelette about a Southern family that comes apart at the seams on one fateful night. Plenty of lust, jealousy, alcoholism, and murderous madness in this one.
Rounding out the book is “Rent Money”, a really bleak story about the lengths a young wife goes to in order to keep a roof over her and her husband’s head.
(info from http://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/)
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Details
| Genre | Pulp |
| Copyright Date | 1962 |
| Publication Date | 1962 |
| Publisher | All Star |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 157 |
| Notes | All Star AS 528
Jack Jardine was Harry Barstead |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Subject | Erotic Stories; Lesbian Sleaze; Lesbians |
| BookID | 9692 |
