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Rent Choke
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Format: Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published: Jun 2002
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $18.00
Pages: 293
Synopsis
Medical school dropout Victor Mancini comes up with a complicated but ingenious scam to pay for his mother's elder care--pretend to be choking in a restaurant and con the individuals who "save" him into giving him money--while he cruises sex addiction groups for action, and visits his sick mother, whose Alzheimer's disease hides the bizarre truth about his parentage. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.
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Reviews
Fascinating book that makes you see things in a very different light from the norm. Definitely not your average, predictable, do-gooder novel. If you don't mind a little avant garde material, try this one! I loved it!
I read all the time and have listened to about 100 audio books. This is the first one I have returned after the first CD. Unless you enjoy pulling the legs off insects, you will not like this book.
this book deals with a sex addict and has graphic sexuality.