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ALLAN'S WIFE BY H. RIDER HAGGARD. DOVER, 1951 (FIRST PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND IN 1889).

STRANGE AS IT SEEMS, FROM SUCH A WRITER OF WILD ADVENTURE YARNS, THIS NOVEL INCLUDES A POWERFUL VARIANT ATTACHMENT WITH OVERT LESBIAN OVERTONES BETWEEN ALLAN'S WIFE, Stella, AND HER CONSTANT COMPANION, HENDRIKA. THE ATTACHMENT IS SO STRONG THAT HENDRIKA ATTEMPTS TO KILL ALLAN AND, WHEN THIS FAILS, SHE AND HER BABOON FRIENDS KIDNAP STELLA AND CARRY HER OFF, LITERALLY SWINGING THROUGH THE TREES.

121. DEAR DEADLY BELOVED BY JOHN FLAGG. FAWCETT, 1954. (GOLD MEDAL BOOK NOW OUT OF PRINT BUT CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY SECOND HAND PAPERBACK STORE.)

THIS IS AN EARLIER BOOK BY THE AUTHOR OF "MURDER IN MONACO" (FAWCETT, 1957) AND CONCERNS A DOPE RING IN ITALY. THE CAST ABOUNDS WITH GAY BOYS, FEMALE IMPERSONATORS AND LESBIANS. THERE IS ONE VERY SYMPATHETIC LESBIAN COUPLE INVOLVED, AND WHEN ALL THE MURDER AND INTRIGUE IS RESOLVED BABS WENTWORTH AND LORNA PARKS HAVE A VERY HAPPY ENDING.

122. BLACKBERRY WILDERNESS BY SYLVIA BERKMAN. DOUBLEDAY, 1959.

THE TITLE STORY OF THIS COLLECTION OF ESOTERIC, MELANCHOLY, TECHNICALLY PERFECT, BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED STORIES CONCERNS THE UNREQUITED PASSION A SENSITIVE 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL FEELS FOR A FRIEND AND CLASSMATE. TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF AN OLDER WOMAN TEACHER WHO IS WHOLLY SYMPATHETIC.

123. THE JEWEL IN THE LOTUS BY ALLEN EDWARDES. JULIAN PRESS, NEW YORK, 1959.

WELL-WRITTEN SURVEY OF THE SEXUAL CULTURE OF THE EAST PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR THE INTERESTED LAYMAN AND ARRANGED IN A LOGICAL MANNER FOR EASY READING. INTRODUCTION BY ALBERT ELLIS. THE SECTIONS ON MALE AND FEMALE HOMOSEXUALITY ARE WRITTEN IN AN UNBIASED AND EQUITABLE MANNER, AUTHOR FEELS THE FROZEN WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS COULD LEARN MUCH FROM THE GUILTLESS EASTERN ATTITUDES.

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