is he going to get women who want to do that?" Nothing wrong with "wank books", but I'm a bit tired of this new trend that says you can't have good sex without a lot of accessories. Once in a while they are alright, but I like my daily things simple. Less is more and all that. Erm, it's a dirty book, not a political statement. There isn't much of an overlap between the two, usually. If it doesn't suit your worldview to read it, then don't. BDSM isn't remotely my cup of tea either, and the book's quite female-specific by all accounts, so most men wouldn't read it. Do most women really get off on books like this in a similar way to men "taking the problem in hand" with the aid of Internet sites, videos or magazines? It seems women don't turn their minds off around sexual expression in the same way we men do. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown has written a brilliant review in the Indy here http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/com\\... I so won't be reading it. You play the piano, Michele, and I'll play the cello :-) I wouldn't describe it as brilliant, in fact it seems to have little to do with the book. As for the books themselves, why the big fuss? Don't like it, don't read it. You couldn't find someone who read it to write about it? It's one of those sensations where people who don't normally read books have torn through the whole trilogy in a