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Permanent Obscurity

Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death

by Richard Perez

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[PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez)][1]

  • A youthful bohemian satire,
  • a story of alienated nonconformists,
  • a "girls on the lam" story,
  • a sexploitation and S/M romp,
  • a spoof of cult celebrity and "true-life" tabloid sensationalism

MORE ABOUT THE BOOK:

[PERMANENT OBSCURITY][2] is not "erotica," although it has BDSM overtones (leaning toward so-called "[femdom][3]"). It's really a dark comedy about bohemia and the difficulty of relationships (female/male and female/female) and finally the big question for anyone in the arts (or in the tabloid media): sudden fame vs. [permanent anonymity][4]. The style of the novel is inspired by '60s over-the-top sexploition films like those of Russ Meyer ([FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL][5], BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) and those [Something Weird Videos][6], like A SWEET SICKNESS and BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL [so-called "cautionary tales"]) -- updated to the Bush era (circa 2006).

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[PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez)][8]
Written in the 3 parts:

PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 1 - THE KINKY HOOK ... Whereupon we are introduced to Dolores and Serena and their kinky shenanigans.

PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 2 - STRANGE HUNGERS ... Whereupon Dolores and Serena grapple with relationship/sexuality issues, life-threatening drug dealers, irreversible money woes. Culminating in a desperate attempt at making a so-called "femdom" film.

PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 3 - NO MAN'S LAND ... Whereupon Dolores and Serena find themselves in a place not expected. Namely, hell.


[**PERMANENT OBSCURITY**][10]

Inspired by the underground sexploitation films of the 1960s, this bold updating o
Publisher
Ludlow Press
First published
2010

Available formats

  • Print460 pages · ISBN 9780011940496

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