G125 E-Reading Book Review of Pirates of the Danube: The Erotic Adventures of Pepper MacOralby by David J. Schmidt
Name of Book: Pirates of the Danube: The Erotic Adventures of Pepper MacOralby Author: David J Schmidt ISBN: 9781479163601 Publisher: CreateSpace Type of book: Absurdity, time hodge-podge, parody of fifty shades, adult, sexual, Vienna, Year it was published: 2012 Summary: “Pirates of the Danube” comes riding into town on the sticky, dubiously-stained coattails of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” series, offering a prophetic, satirical look at how low our standards have sunk. This work of comic farce presents a satire of the entire romance – erotica genre, taking shots at supermarket dime novels, Fabio-emblazoned book covers, and “S & M for housewives” alike. Readers of “Pirates of the Danube” are swept along from one historical anachronism to the next (Beowulf, Lazarus and Jane Austen’s “Mister Darcy” are contemporaries in this world; the young medical student Sigmund Freud makes a cameo appearance). The sexual adventures of our heroes—Pepper MacOralby and Baron ...