LOVE SONGS

You might almost prefer the randy Pleasures of Helen to the lyricized sensuality here (namely Maine) where Pieter Vanderhorst, a priapic forebear also called the Patroon, rules the household in a very virile fashion. In spite of a stroke, he's still active with the Indian woman who does for them all and has given him an unacknowledged son. Then there are his two daughters whose early incestuous attachment has destroyed their possibilities elsewhere: Julie has run to pools of fat and just eats and drinks; Bobble has become a pop singer and now comes home with the piano player she keeps on cocaine; and then there's a doctor nearby, and his daughter, before everything falls apart. When Mr. Sanders decides there's more to life than nakedly meets the eye (or bravely assaults the ear — Use 'shit' instead of 'love' and the song sounds the same) perhaps he'll get back to a more interesting form of entertainment such as The Anderson Tapes.