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The Back Passage
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Product Description
A seaside village, an English country house, a family of wealthy eccentrics and their equally peculiar servants, a determined detective — all the ingredients are here for a cozy Agatha Christie-style whodunit. But wait — Edward “Mitch” Mitchell is no Hercule Poirot, and The Back Passage is no Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Mitch is a handsome, insatiable 22-year-old hunk who never lets a clue stand in the way of a steamy encounter, whether it’s with the local constabulary, the house secretary, or his school chum and fellow athlete Boy Morgan, who becomes his Watson when they’re not busy boffing each other. When Reg Walworth is found dead in a cabinet, Sir James Eagle has his servant Weeks immediately arrested as the killer. But Mitch’s observant eye pegs more plausible possibilities: polysexual chauffeur Hibbert, queenly pervert Leonard Eagle, missing scion Rex, sadistic copper Kennington, even Sir James Eagle himself. Blackmail, police corruption, a dizzying network of spyholes and secret passages, watersports, and a nonstop queer orgy backstairs and everyplace else mark this hilariously hard-core mystery by a major new talent.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #25030 in Books
- Published on: 2006-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 176 pages
Customer Reviews
A raucous homoerotic romp
Indeed, this sexually explicit novel is not meant for everyone. As other reviewers have pointed out, there are many cases of gratuitous gay sex throughout the book. The detective of the day, Edward "Mitch" Mitchell, is a randy detective surrounded by host of randy constables, household guests and servants. Mitch is a wonderfully witty character with a holster of camp humor and a raging libido. For those readers who might enjoy a homo Hercule Poirot, this will be a fun and fast read (unless, of course, the reader decides to revisit certain passages of the text!). Overall, this is a fun book, but admittedly not everyone's "cup of tea."
a porno book
You know how some books are made into movie adaptations. Well, think of *The Back Passage* as a book adaptation of a gay porn. Really!
Mitch is an American student studying in Cambridge. Well, really, he's not studying. He's too busy "doing it" with all the guys he encounters in his "room and board". He's doing it with his roommate, his sidekick, a driver, a bobby (cop) and even a guy he hates. Like I said, he's just doing every guy...all the while he's investigating a death.
Keep in mind that if and when you get this book, it's just purely for entertainment. Don't expect an impressive storyline or character development. Just get this for a good naughty read.
Hilarious and bawdy
I loved this book. The writing style, in first person, is so smooth you never get bogged down inside the mind of the narrator where so many others fail who try this point of view. It flowed flawlessly and you never even noticed it was from one man's perspective. I laughed out loud at some of the scenes. It was such a wonderful parady of the old whodunit I thought it was brilliant. And the narrator/author knows darn well it's tongue-in-cheek because often he chides himself during his musing. The sex is abundant and reminds me of Fielding's Tom Jones, because everyone wants a piece. The scene with the reporter in the garage was particularly funny. Well, done. I recommend it to anyone who has a very good sense of humor and likes a wild and crazy ride.
