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FETISH BOOK CLUB FOR FEBRUARY 2018

PRESENTS
 FETISH BOOK CLUB 
MONTHLY GROUP FOR READERS THAT LIKE A LITTLE KINK
   THIS MONTH'S SELECTION
THE ROMANIAN: STORY OF AN OBESSION
BY BRUCE BENDERSON 
FEBRUARY 25TH, 2018
1PM
 $10 COVER
   TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE
 1421 LAVETA TERRACE 
 ECHO PARK CA 90026
The Romanian: Story of an Obsession
 is a true-to-life memoir by Bruce Benderson
The autobiographical text describes Benderson's encounters and journeys with 
a male Romanian street hustler through Romania and Hungary
whom he meets while on a journalism assignment and falls in love with. 
The plot is intertwined with a travelogue of Romania and references to Romanian history and culture, 
such as the life of the artist Constantin Brâncuși, the writer Panait Istrati and the
 love affair between Romania's interbellum king, Carol II, and his mistress, Magda Lupescu.
The book was initially published in French, in 2004, under the title 
Autobiographie érotique (Erotic autobiography).
 It won the prestigious Prix de Flore award in 2004, thus making Benderson 
the first US author to win the prize. In 2006, it was published in English,
 released in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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