The Ultimate Aphrodisiac

John Hole. Trafalgar Square Publishing, $27 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-340-65398-2

What happens when a straitlaced retired businessman meets up with a young woman of the 1990s youth culture? Nineteen days of sexual obsession. The Ultimate Aphrodisiac, a humorous erotic novel by John Hole (A Bedtime Story), is the study of a man who is forced to reevaluate his life and future. (Hodder & Stoughton

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