Colonel Edmund J. Burke schrieb:
> J.G. Ballard (author of Empire of the Sun).  His novel "Rushing To 
> Paradise" is disappointing.  The first 170 pages of the 238-page novel 
> are utter boredom.  It's a story of sixteen-year-old Neil Dempsey, who 
> finds himself immersed in veteran campaigner Dr. Barbara Rafferty's 
> obsessive crusade to save the albatross on the deserted Pacific atoll of 
> Saint-Esprit.  Let's have a sampling from page 172:
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> "By now, Neil's days as a hunter and his nights as Dr. Barbara's lover 
> had set all his doubts aside.  He was ruled by the temper of this 
> drugged and wayward woman, unnerved by the strength of her thighs when 
> she rode him like a trainer breaking a colt, using her long breasts to 
> bridle his mouth.
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> "Wiping the spit from his face, she stared at him with the knowing gaze 
> of an adult abusing a child.  When she urinated on him, smiling as the 
> hot jet stung the saltwater sores on his chest, she playfully pressed 
> her hand over his mouth and laughed through her chipped teeth as he 
> fought and gasped for air.
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> 
> Okay, so this shy teen boy is banging the old broad, right?  So what 
> about this peeing going on?  I mean, WHAT IN THE SAM HILL IS GOING ON????
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that doesnt sound too bad. from what ive heard this is Ballard. havent 
read him yet, though.