Some people think modern sexuality has gone far beyond reasonable boundaries but, once having a glance at this guide, supposedly made in the Victorian era, of all manner of far-fetched and incomprehensible carnal desires, you’ll see that we’ve become quite tame in comparison. Rumoured to be an old document accessible only to doctors and professors, the book was written under the guise of an overly inquisitive “Reverend Croom” who takes painstaking risks (crouching in bushes and falling out of trees) to observe people’s ridiculous and disturbing acts, later producing a scientific compilation that is an erudite yet laugh-out-loud read. Expect to find in-depth descriptions for everything from Androgyny to Zoomutatolagnia (the desire to take on animal characteristics for the purpose of carnal pleasure), with comical commentary, yet all in a gentlemanly and respectable style and tone.

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CURIOUS PLEASURES: A Gentleman’s Collection of Beastliness