Double Blind

by Michael J. Vaughn

Stanford geneticist Hopkins Grinder is so desperate to save his children from the trauma of divorce that he hires a hobbyist seducer to placate his unhappy wife. A few weeks later, a co-worker hands him an Internet address, and he discovers his wife on a hidden-camera porn site. Double Blind takes on the strange Puritan/pervert dichotomy of America's sexual politics with some darkly hilarious - and, at times, unexpectedly poignant - results. From the award-winning author of Gabriella's Voice and Frosted Glass .

104 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2006

About the author

Michael J. Vaughn is the author of 29 novels, including Punks for the Opera and Mermaids' Tears. He is also a fine arts painter, and drummer/vocalist for San Jose's El Camino Revival Band.

Reviews

[Tess Ailshire · Rating 4 out of 5]

I truly enjoy Michael Vaughn's work, mostly due to the manner in which he winds stories through very unexpected paths. I am very glad, though, I became a fan through The Popcorn Girl, A Painting Called Sylvia, and Gabriella's Voice - they're stories that don't rely on graphic sex scenes to tell the story. Later works - the ones *I* read later - are enjoyable, but more pornographic than I am comfortable reading or recommending to others.

Vaughn definitely has a way with words. His description of scenery is unparalleled, truly bringing the reader to the Pacific Coast (Rhyming Pittsburgh tried to do it with other geographic areas, with a bit less success). He cannot be accused of cliche.

This story relies on the sex. The story is about the main characters' relationship with sexual performance and family life, even to the point of allowing emotional relationships to take a back seat. We're told of the emotional relationship, but we see the sexual.

[Corey Palensky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hard to follow

This was a great idea for a story. My only concern was the chapters were hard to follow. They just didnt flow from one to the other.