The sorrows of Priapus

consisting of the sorrows of Priapus and the carnal myth

by Edward Dahlberg

reviewed Sep 15 2006
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What an odd book! A melancholy erudite prolix meditation on the follies of the drive to procreation, or rather, the act of procreation.

Perhaps it is more profound than that. But after an initial flush of pleasure I found it tedious.

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