False PretencesRecovering in Norfolk from years of depression in London, an ex-writer-turned-painter by name of Jason Crilly becomes professionally involved with the depiction of a revolutionary sexual machine invented by one of his neighbours, a certain Edmond Shead, and later discovers that his wife, whom he had thought faithful, has been having an affair with the local doctor whilst he was away in London – ostensibly on business but actually conducting an affair of his own! Subsequently they agree to a divorce on grounds of incompatibility, but not before his own personal contribution to the sexual machine leads to her becoming pregnant at the expense of Dr Richardson, her unsuspecting new husband. Truly a comic novel of gargantuan proportions! – A Centretruths Editorial |
Contents
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SHEADS REVOLUTIONARY INVENTION | 36 |
A RENDEZVOUS WITH PHILOMENA | 56 |
INTELLECTUAL INTIMACIES | 64 |
SOMETHING UNEXPECTED | 83 |
CONFRONTATION WITH SHEAD | 100 |
CARNAL INTIMACIES | 121 |
AN ACCOMMODATION WITH SUSAN | 133 |
SOME FOREGROUND INFORMATION | 143 |
BIOGRAPHICAL FOOTNOTE | 150 |
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