{"product_id":"the-altar-of-venus-locus-elm-press-9781535450003","title":"The Altar of Venus: The Erotic Education of an Edwardian Gentleman","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmidst the colourful backdrop of the roaring twenties, where money talked sweetly and seductively, a man of means and an appetite to match will pursue his sexual proclivities to true libertine proportions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur 30 something narrator recounts his sexual history, from naive youth to rakish gentleman, in a deliciously graphic prose. With eager fairground adolescents, accommodating prostitutes, coquettish Parisians, and knowledgeable vixens, our protagonist bears witness and partakes in the full range of physical gratification on offer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd with a particular fondness for \"Frenching\" (gamahuching), our gentleman delights in the mysterious qualities of the Mons Veneris in the orgastic satisfactions of those he has the pleasure of intimate association.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis absolute gem of post Edwardian Erotica, written anonymously in 1934, paints a picture of a culture on the brink of sexual abandon, from the dingy to the decadent of London to the frolic of Parisian bordellos. A must for any collection of libertinage literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Locus Elm Press, Anonymous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1535450002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781535450003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Locus Elm Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936977420543,"sku":"9781535450003","price":14.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bb48a945-a9fe-49fc-af24-288ee73f636d.jpg?v=1681427573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-altar-of-venus-locus-elm-press-9781535450003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}