Books

April, 2000

If you've ever flipped through a book looking for the juicy stuff, J.H. Blair's The Good Parts (Berkeley) belongs on your night-stand. William Styron, Philip Roth, Toni Morrison and Joyce Carol Oates are among 50 contemporary American writers whose erotic excerpts are featured here. They break taboos, quicken the pulse and make you sweat. All that in one sex-filled volume. Hint: Start on page 63.***The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision as an initiation rite; the Hebrews, as a purification...