EXIT TO EDEN

by Anne Rampling ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 29, 1985

It's no secret that Anne Rampling, ""the pseudonym for a bestselling writer who makes her home in San Francisco,"" is really Anne Rice (Interview With a Vampire). And the initials make it seem more than likely that Rice is also A.N. Roquelaure, author of those S&M porno-bores, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983) and Beauty's Punishment (1984). In any case, the obsession with sado-masochism and bondage-and-discipline continues at full tilt here--even if the porn is dressed up in pretentious dialogue and glossy pseudo-romanticism. Lisa, rich and gorgeous at 27, is a major member of The Club, a resort in the Caribbean that offers sex-slaves to its kinky, super-rich clientele. Elliott, a 29-year-old photographer, primarily homosexual, with a ""flawless body,"" has just signed on for two years as one of The Club's 30 new sex-slaves. So, in alternating chapters, Lisa and Elliott narrate their doings at The Club--while recalling their youthful ""training"" in the arts of domination and submission (complete with ""the round black weights he clamped to my nipples"" and other charmers). Elliott, a bit rebellious at first, is treated to whipping, rape-wrestling, and such; Lisa, who's smitten at first sight, uses ""a dildo in the form of two penises"" to subdue him further; much kissing of leather boots ensues. But then Lisa and Elliott break all the Club rules by taking their sex-marathon to New Orleans--where they trade life-stories, find new uses for butter and cinnamon, and muse on the deeper meanings of their sex-rituals. . . until the powers-that-be from The Club intrude, briefly, in the happily-ever-after fadeout. Leather-lust meets the white-wine set--in a soggy serving of pornoquiche.

Pub Date: May 29, 1985

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Arbor House

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 15, 1985

Categories: FICTION