THE GLORIOUS POOL

by Thorne Smith ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Large sale assured, but not universal -- which applies, of course, to all of Thorne Smith. This is a posthumous novel, and compares favorably enough with his later work, though it lacks the real humor and originality of the early ones. He found a pattern that sold -- how quickly can one strip ones central characters -- and how promptly get them to bed. And this book follows the pattern, via a pool of youth and the hook and ladder route. The story of a triangle, a man, his wife (who has her pleasures on the side), and his mistress, and the action takes place on the anniversary of the day she became his mistress. The book is so frankly bawdy that by its very lack of innuendo and double meaning, it fails to shock. But that does not mean to sell it to any customers who don't know what they are getting. Market -- male, primarily.

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Publisher: Doubleday, Doran

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1934

Categories: FICTION