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What if you could sleep with anyone in the world, just by thinking about it?
Michael Blasco, a young scientist, is waiting for the train when he spies a friend he fancies. Idly, he imagines Tony naked and an extraordinary thing happens – Tony strips there and then on the platform and offers himself in front of all onlookers. Horrified, Michael flees. But back home, Tony magically reappears. Then disappears, when Michael wishes him away.
Michael sets out to test the parameters of his new-found gift, rapidly calling up Billie Holiday, Johnny Weismuller, Lawrence of Arabia, Alexander the Great, Picassao, and even his younger self. The world is there for the taking and Michael runs the gamut of his fantasies. But what does he really want?
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'If Ryman's material is potentially shocking, the way he handles it is ... completely disarming. Scenes of graphic erotic intensity are counterbalanced by humour and tenderness ... Ryman's imagination is quite extraordinary, and he possesses the skills to make emotionally believable something that's completely fantastic' Independent
'This book isn't ultimately about sex, or lust, but rather about the life that lust creates. And there are some very important themes here: pornography and power, science and art, animal rights, human rights, slavery, genetics, love, free-will, desire, quantum physics and the possibility of parallel universes' Independent on Sunday
Michael Blasco is waiting for the train when he spots gym instructor Tony, on whom he has a long term crush. To Michael's amazement, Tony strips then and there on the platform. Michael is even more astonished when Tony suddenly disappears.
Michael, it seems, has the ability to conjure anyone he fancies out of thin air. And they fancy him.
It couldn't happen to a needier guy. Something went wrong in Michael's past, something from which he never recovered. As he tests out the limits of the miracle, Michael calls up Johnny Weismuller, Lawrence of Arabia, Alexander the Great, Picassao, and even his younger self. In the process he gets closer and closer to understanding and overcoming the heart of his own darkness.
"This book isn't ultimately about sex, or lust, but rather about the life that lust creates. And there are some very important themes here: Pornography and power, science and art, animal rights, human rights, slavery, genetics, love, free-will, desire, quantum physics and the possibility of parallel universes."
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
"Hilarious and deadly serious...First rate. Another gem from this most unconventional writer."
INTERZONE
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- PublisherFlamingo
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0006552072
- ISBN 13 9780006552079
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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