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I'm reading a novel right now called THE DEATH OF THE HEART. It could just as easily be the title of this one.

It really could, Julie, but I’m sure you’ve got a strong enough imagination to come up with a few more fun titles yourself. Aha.

I still remember vividly the scene in one of these stories, when the kids have plucked out the onion rings from their hamburgers, and the juxtaposition of those slimy, unwanted onions and his wife's soft inner thigh, which is positioned near the plate. HOW DOES HE DO THAT?

Julie, and I’m going to remember forever the scene at the nude beach where Joan’s hand was right next to a young man’s heavy penis.