BOOK REVIEW: Seven Days In Rio

Posted August 16th, 2011 by Joshua Chaplinsky

A re-imagined Interzone of psychoanalysis and prostitution where all woman are (literally) whores.

Review by: Joshua Chaplinsky
"Seven Days in Rio" by Francis Levy

...or "Tiffanys," as Kenny Cantor affectionately calls them. Not that it makes the idea any less offensive.

Kenny is a successful CPA in a Brooks Brothers suit on holiday in Rio de Janeiro. He isn't there for the food or the beaches or the nightlife- he's there to pay for pussy. The man is a veteran sex tourist on the prowl, and he's heard that the streets of Rio are paved with the stuff. Lucky for him, in Levy's version of the notorious South American city, the rumors turn out to be true. read more »

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