The Mammoth Book of International Erotica

by Maxim Jakubowski

This remarkable collection of provactive and sensual stories spans the globe, with contributions from today's most talented writers of erotica--from Paris to Prague. A magnificent follow-up to the bestselling Mammoth Book of Erotica this anthology of seldom-seen classics and groundbreaking debuts will excite in all senses of the word.

Genres: Erotica, Fiction, Anthologies, Sexuality, Short Stories, Romance

544 pages, Paperback

First published August 8, 1996

About the author

Maxim Jakubowski is a crime, erotic, and science fiction writer and critic.

Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.

He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.

His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.

Reviews

[Miriam · Rating 1 out of 5]

The sexiest thing about this compilation of erotic short stories was when I turned the last page and closed the book. I can guarantee the sigh of relief that escaped my lips was more real than any of the orgasms that occurred within this book’s pages.

[TinaGav · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hot stuff! 😁

[Karla Renee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Have you ever had someone send you a sexy photo and all you could notice was the mismatched towels hanging in the background? Or that the mattress is on the ground with no sheets? Or that the car outside of the window has great rims and you're curious about the manufacturer? Welcome to this compilation. It's supposed to be a collection of erotica, but you will be so distracted by everything over than its sexiness to pay attention to the intended purpose. I was not seduced. But I was overcome by the giggles (and not the cute ones where you blush). I also stopped from time to time to use the thick book to prop up an unstable table at the local coffee shop while I had a mocha. I don't think that's what it was intended for BUT, well done! My drink never fell. Thanks for that. Two stars because there were some penises. Penises deserve their own star.

[nicoll lu · Rating 1 out of 5]

This collection of short stories is tragically bad. I read it, because I hoped that I will find a lonely pearl amidst all the crappy stories which the editor selected. It was a futile effort, and I regret the time I have invested in this. These stories are not erotic. They're either pure porn, or pathetic attempts at creating an erotic and sexually tense atmosphere. Amidst all the stories I found three titles which were not absolutely abhorrent, and bordered with readable.
It did, however, make me wonder ... about what the hell was wrong with Maxim Jakubowski.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of short stories. I have it by my computer, and when I am waiting for, I don't know, a program to load, it read a story now and then.
Some are really erotic, and some are really un-erotic, but that is the nature of a compilation book, eh? I find that the editor seems to have a chosen a few too many women-as-victims-of-sex short stories. What is best is that they are from international (read European and North American) writers.

[Anuja Varghese · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the short stories in this collection are actually good short stories, if not exactly erotic stories. Maybe something gets lost in the translation for some of them?
Beware if you pick this up - a quick flip through can be misleading. There are pockets throughout of lovely erotic writing, but when you get to reading the stories from beginning to end, they often don't deliver.

[Helese · Rating 2 out of 5]

it had a lot of stories i wasn't interested it. some of the stories just weren't my style.

[Gypsie Holley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Only read about 1/2 of this.

[Debbie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't care for the book at all. Not even close to being in league with Anais Nin. I actually scanned rather than read.

[Marina]

Lost this book in Hurricane Sandy 2012.I believe i was reading Anne Rice's story or after.

[Dante Ashby · Rating 1 out of 5]

Do yourself a HUGE favour and just don't. Please. You're worth so much more than that. You could do so much better ):