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Eat Me (Paperback)

By: Linda Jaivin (Author)

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Review

"At moments, Jaivin's fruity prose echoes the formulaic erotica of a letter to Penthouse, but her light tough prompts even the steamiest sex scenes to soar into satire....[S]he is plainly having too much fun to take any of the sex scenes very seriously. For that reason, her books never sinks into the heavy-breathing tedium that is the flaw of real pornography. Indeed, 'Eat Me' is really a high-spirited comedy of manners only thinly veiled as erotica..."

"Combine a saucy, 'Waiting to Exhale' sort of girl-gossip tone with 'Vox's lusty sexuality and you get this witty, sophisticated (if unfortunately titled) tale of four Australian women friends' amatory peccadillos....Already a bestseller in its native Australia..., this tossed salad of erotic scenarios charms as few examples of its genre ever have."

"...I laughed out loud at a kiss that goes on for six pages while the participants ponder each other's intentions....And I liked some of Jaivin's lines....But is that enough to justify all the hoopla about 'Eat Me'? I don't think so."

"...[D]espite all its literary pretensions and self-referential semiotic theory issues [this book] is best read as a racy and entertaining romp. Like the casual sexual encounters that all four of the women describe to every last detail, it tastes great, is less filling and is ultimately meaningless. A bestseller in Australia, this book is a smart and funny exploration of the sexual lives of four 30-ish women living in Australia....Ignore all the postmodern, post-feminist, post-fill-in-the-blank and enjoy the snappy repartee and witty cultural references. Then settle in for some well-written erotica. You may even pick up some tips."

"Jaivin's book uses the framework of an erotic novel to comment on the genre of the erotic novel, as well as to examine such issues as the possibility of feminist erotica and the difficulties of wild sex in the post-AIDS era. The book is tolerably well written and the author has shown great ingenuity in the engineering a striking variety of sexual encounters--rough, decadent, gauche, and so on."

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In this eye-popping first novel--a bestseller in both the United States and Australia--Linda Jaivin invites readers to overhear what women really talk about when they talk about sex.
When four bright, successful friends meet in Sydney's designer cafes and restaurants to gossip about their romantic exploits, the talk sizzles. Julia, Chantal, Helen, and Phillipa are the best of friends. Professionally, their lives could not be more different, but whenever they get together, there are always plenty of intimate revelations to dish up and devour. Julia is a spunky photographer with a penchant for Peking duck and younger men; Chantal is a fashion magazine editor whose sexual preferences give new meaning to the words "mixing and matching"; Helen is a feminist scholar whose outward wholesomeness belies her inner naughtiness; and Phillipa is a somewhat secretive writer who appears to be taking rather close notes on her friends' raunchy tales. This outrageous, irresistible, and utterly original debut, which led "Entertainment Weekly" to call Jaivin "one of the 100 most creative people in entertainment," is the juiciest book you will read this year.

In this eye-popping first novel--a runaway bestseller in Australia--Linda Jaivin invites readers to partake of a lusty banquet of conversations about that hottest topic of all--sex. With its layering of stories within stories, "Eat Me" is as provocative in structure as it is potent in detail. This outspoken, outrageous, utterly irresistible international debut is destined to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

In this eye-popping first novel--a bestseller in both the United States and Australia--Linda Jaivin invites readers to overhear what women really talk about when they talk about sex.When four bright, successful friends meet in Sydneys designer cafés and restaurants to gossip about their romantic exploits, the talk sizzles. Julia, Chantal, Helen, and Phillipa are the best of friends. Professionally, their lives could not be more different, but whenever they get together, there are always plenty of intimate revelations to dish up and devour. Julia is a spunky photographer with a penchant for Peking duck and younger men; Chantal is a fashion magazine editor whose sexual preferences give new meaning to the words "mixing and matching"; Helen is a feminist scholar whose outward wholesomeness belies her inner naughtiness; and Phillipa is a somewhat secretive writer who appears to be taking rather close notes on her friends' raunchy tales. This outrageous, irresistible, and utterly original debut, which led Entertainment Weekly to call Jaivin "one of the 100 most creative people in entertainment," is the juiciest book you will read this year.

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Four friends congregate in a café and talk about their sex lives and their erotic fantasies.

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