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    • Pub. Date: April 1972
    • 284pp
    • Sales Rank: 374,558

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      • Pub. Date: April 1972
      • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
      • Format: Paperback, 284pp
      • Sales Rank: 374,558

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      "Need I insist that the only enemy of the mature marriage is monogamy? That anything less than sexual multiplicity . . . is naive?" Thus the central theme of John Hawkes's widely acclaimed The Blood Oranges is boldly asserted by its narrator, Cyril, the archetypal "sex-singer." Likening himself to a white bull on Love's tapestry, he pursues his romantic vision in a primitive Mediterranean landscape. There, two couples mingle their loves in an "Ilyria" that brings to mind the equally timeless countryside of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

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      Prose as muscular and lovely as any I've ever readby Anonymous

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      October 01, 2002: John Hawkes' Blood Oranges is, in my opinion, one of the finest examples of the art of writing I have ever had the tremendous pleasure of reading. The story of love and lust set in the fictional idyll of Illyria is brutal and honest and very sexy by itself; within the framework of Mr. Hawkes' talented and imaginative delivery, the story becomes unforgettable. My wife loved the story as well, and I have just ordered most of his backlist before I decided to review this one. Please try this book!