Thy Neighbor's Wife
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- "Sensitive but resilient, equally available during the day or night with a minimum of coaxing, it has performed purposefully if not always skillfully for an eternity of centuries, endlessly searching, sensing, expanding, probing, penetrating, throbbing, wilting, and wanting more. Never concealing its prurient interest, it is man’s most honest organ."
Thy Neighbor's Wife is a non-fiction book by Gay Talese, published in 1981. The title is a reference to the Ten Commandments.
An exploration of early-1950s sexuality in America, with notable discussion of the free love subculture, it provides an interesting snapshot of liberated pre-AIDS sexual morality. In preparation for writing the book, Talese lived several months at clothing-optional resort Sandstone Retreat.
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