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Swingers | 
 enlarge | Author: Ashley Lister
Publisher: Virgin Books
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 261836
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0753511355
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.77
EAN: 9780753511350
ASIN: 0753511355
Publication Date: June 27, 2006
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Condition: Brand New. Never Read. Cover has some minor wear due to storage. b160
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Product Description
The very first exposé of the longstanding, enormous recreational sex scene. Through exhaustive research and hundreds of interviews, Ashley Lister has compiled a host of thrilling true stories from wife swappers and swingers. Presenting the motives, experiences and aspirations of a variety of genuine couples and singles, the book gives insight into the lives of those who participate in this extremely popular activity. Candid revelations will present detailed stories about what occurs in bedrooms, private parties, adult clubs and even public carparks. Most importantly: those people who participate will tell the story.
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Researcher view of swinging in U.K. July 12, 2006
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I can't agree with the advertisement that this book is the "first expose' of the recreational sex scene", but I did find it to be an interesting collection of stories on the various ways that swingers choose to engage in their hobby. I found especially interesting some of the differences in the U.K. that are revealed in this book, such as "dogging", which I don't believe has met the same level of popularity (or notoriety?) in the U.S. (Dogging is apparently popular in the U.K., where people drive to a public parking area at night to have sex in their car while others watch or perhaps participate). Other stories have been selected by the author to show a representative set of ways that people engage in swinging, including swing clubs, meeting on the internet, attending house parties, etc. The stories are based on interviews done by the author with actual swingers.
Although the author's professionalism provides a very polished and well-written book, I found "A Private Diary: Our First Year in Swinging" was actually a more enjoyable read. The stories in this book had a more commercial flavor, such as you might expect, for example, from a "made for TV" movie based on a true story, where the author takes some liberties in the telling of the story to make it more appealing and marketable. In "A Private Diary", the stories may be less grammatically polished, but they have a much better feel of realism that I enjoyed. I would still recommend this book as an interesting view of swinging differences found outside the U.S. Perhaps dogging will start to catch on here as well?
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