The Pleasuring of Rory Malone

by Charles Panati

Teenager Rory Malone can sexually enjoy from afar any woman he desires, but he discovers that this psychic power has dangerous and potentially deadly consequences

Genres: Horror, Thriller

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Charles Panati is a former college professor, industrial physicist, author, and science editor of Newsweek.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this, because of the cover. Very original Sexual Thriller novel.

[David · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can't believe I stumbled across this one. I remember reading this book in the 80s. It was absolutely awful. A teenage boy develops telekinetic powers (I don't remember if it was ever explained how he got them) and they manifest whenever he's horny. So it's your typical nerd-gains-powers-and-goes-on-a-vengeful-rampage sort of story, except in this case, the rampage involves long-distance psychic rape, and I also vaguely recall a scene where the kid is making out with a woman, finds out "she" is a transsexual, and smashes her against a wall or something. Yeah, real classy. It was like the id of schlocky 80s horror films spewed on pulp.