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[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Porn? I got about halfway through the book when it first came out, and never finished it. I don't recall much porn.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/book-wicked-gregory-maguire-explicit/

In a 2014 interview, he commented, "I deliberately included a ribald, unappealing sex scene in the first 10 pages so people would know it was not for children."

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/63887-q-a-with-gregory-maguire.html

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[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 2 points 10 months ago

Whoah, weird. I really don't remember that at all. I may need to go and give it a reread. I wonder how much else I didn't pay attention to.

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