CREAMY AND DELICIOUS

by Steve Katz ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 16, 1970

Presumably to appease those for whom his gimmicky, gadgety non-novel, The Exaggerations of Peter Prince went down like a paper of pins, Mr. Katz presents a series of lubricous narratives--mainly satirical mythologies full of nuts and fruits. One prime fruit is Nancy, ""the gayest shot in the West,"" who loved Sluggo. Or Sampson, who lost it all to Miss D. (""It's in the teeth. . . Everything I've got is in my cruddy teeth."") Or Danae escaping the clutches of Bad Company and Awful Sequel; and white Apollo, chasing after colored Daphne (""Oh daddy Hudson, save me now"") who turned into a tree (""He certainly didn't care to screw a tree. . ."") and so on. The first, pejoratively titled ""Satisfying Stories,"" is about the odyssey of a lady who ultimately gives birth to a dolphin. Make of this what you will--and quite probably you won't--this facile creaming of our camp kultur has some swinging dialogue based on the crack wise. It's a matter of taste and patience.

Pub Date: July 16, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Random House

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1970

Categories: FICTION