Lawrence Block's Campus Tramp
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Linda Shepard is aching to rid herself of this lousy, old-fashioned virginity. Beginning college life seems the perfect time to make her move, and it's all she can think about as she explores the school grounds. The first step is easy enough, but her eagerness soon becomes her undoing. She finds herself unraveling from the arms of one man who doesn't seem to care and into the countless beds of dozens more who are certified not to. Only a few weeks at school, and already the word has gone around Clifton... Linda Shepard is the campus tramp.
The year is 1960 and the setting is Clifton College, a thinly disguised analog for the real-life Antioch college, Block's Alma Mater, just outside Yellow Springs, Ohio. Campus Tramp is loaded with references to Antioch's landmarks, personages, history and... reputation.
Whether read as a time capsule from the eve of the sexual revolution traversing taboo topics like homosexuality and abortion, or just as a retro sex romp by a masterful writer at the dawn of his career, Campus Tramp, like its titular protagonist Linda, has something to offer everybody.
"Now we are talking, baby! Block's seedy novel first sleazed its way into bookstores in 1960. One of his early sales, he released it under the nom de plume Andrew Shaw (I wouldn't put my real name on it either). The plot offers Linda Shepard, a hot freshman at Clifton College who's tired of being wholesome (meaning not getting any), so she goes on a manhunt that would make the FBI jealous. But in Don Gibbs, the hard-drinking, three-pack-a-day, intellectual he-man on campus, this cat in heat is about to be declawed. Although not a mystery, this kitsch monster will be sought out by Block's loyal fans, nonetheless. Be warned that the book is illustrated with appropriately racy photos that include nudity."
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About the Author
Lawrence Block is the author of over fifty novels, including the much-heralded Matthew Scudder crime series. As a young man in New York, Block wrote pornographic paperbacks for outfits such as Nightstand Books to publish under their own house pseudonyms. In this case, Campus Tramp was released as the work of Andrew Shaw; examined retrospectively, it has Block written all over it.
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