Mark Farley

Guest: Mark Farley- Freelance writer.  He has contributed to Cliterati, Pause, Scarlet,The Idler and
The Bookaholics Guide to Book Blogs and The Guardian.  His short stories have been featured in two
compilations through Xcite Books, in the collections Seriously Sexy 1, 2 and 3.  He has contributed
to Nexus' Confessions series and also the Burlesque Against Breast Cancer compilation, Ultimate
Burlesque, out at the end of September 2008. 
www.markfarley.wordpress.com

Books

The Haunted House by Jan Piekowski
Twenty-five years after first being unlocked, the door opens again on the house of petrifying pop-ups
Enjoy a tour of this spooky old house where a spine-tingling surprise lurks in every dark corner.
Re-issued in its original full-size format,this definitive edition brings the classic pop-up novelty
to a whole new generation.;With a spectacular new holographic foil cover and five brand new flaps to
reveal extra hidden horrors!;Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, 1979.

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby's first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and
readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he
owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less
good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So
it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.

The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker by Suzanne Portnoy
Suzanne's journey of self-discovery is anything but typical;her attitude towards sex and relationship
even more unusual. The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker is a story that is shocking and
heart-warming in equal measure. Freed from the restraints of marriage and monogamy, Suzanne takes
pleasure without commitment and tells her story without a trace of shame. She's not looking for
Prince Charming anymore, but fun. And she finds it.

The Game by Neil Strauss
"The Game" recounts the incredible adventures of an everyday man who transforms himself from a shy,
awkward writer into the quick-witted, smooth-talking Style, a character irresistible to women. But
just when life is better than he could have ever dreamed (he uses his techniques on Britney Spears,
receives life coaching from Tom Cruise, moves into a mansion with Courtney Love and is officially
voted the World's Number One Pickup Artist) he falls head over heels for a woman who can beat him at
his own game.

The Bolter by Frances osborne
On Friday 25th May, 1934, a forty-one-year-old woman walked into the lobby of Claridge's Hotel to
meet the nineteen-year-old son whose face she did not know. Fifteen years earlier, as the First
World War ended, Idina Sackville shocked high society by leaving his multimillionaire father to run
off to Africa with a near penniless man. An inspiration for Nancy Mitford's character The Bolter,
painted by William Orpen, and photographed by Cecil Beaton, Sackville went on to divorce a total of
five times, yet died with a picture of her first love by her bed. Her struggle to reinvent her life
with each new marriage left one husband murdered and branded her the 'high priestess' of White
Mischief's bed-hopping Happy Valley in Kenya. Sackville's life was so scandalous that it was kept a
secret from her great-granddaughter Frances Osborne. Now, Osborne tells the moving tale of betrayal
and heartbreak behind Sackville's road to scandal and return, painting a dazzling portrait of high
society in the early twentieth century.

The Diaries of Anais Nin
Drawn from journals,this book is an account of a woman's sexual awakening,covering a single momentous year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage. The question of the outcome of June Miller's return to Paris dominates her thoughts.

The Blue Guide by Carrie WilliamsCocktails, room service, spa treatments: Alicia Shaw is a girl who just can't say no to the little
perks of being a private tour guide in London. Whether it's the Hollywood producer with whom she
romps in the private screening room of one of London's most luxurious hotels, or the Australian
pilot whose exhibitionist fantasies reach a new height on the London Eye, Alicia finds that
flirtation - and more - is part of the territory. But when internationally renowned flamenco dancer
and heartthrob Paco Manchega, and his lovely young wife Carlotta, take her on as their guide, Alicia
begins to wonder if she has bitten off more than she can chew. As the couple unleash curious
appetites in Alicia, taking her to places more darkly beautiful than she has ever known, she begins
to suspect she is being used as the pawn in some strange marital game.

The Bitch Goddess Notebook by Matha O’Connor
In a small-town high school in 1988, three misfit girls join forces to form the Bitch Goddesses, a
take-no-prisoners gang of fierce teenage rebellion. Rennie, the stunningly attractive straight-A
student, finds herself way out of her depth when she embarks on an affair with her married teacher.
Cherry builds a shrine to Princess Diana in her bedroom while nursing her hippy mother through her
coke-fuelled rages. Amy tears up her cheerleader's uniform while her drunken parents concentrate on
presenting a facade of perfect family life to the outside world. The three girls swear to stick
together, whatever life throws at them, until one night when something so horrific happens it
shatters their friendship forever. Fifteen years on, Rennie is a writer living in New York,
struggling to keep her life on track and hiding an erotic obsession. In her Lake Superior show-home,
a heavily pregnant Amy is certain that her husband is cheating on her and that she is jinxed by her
past. Cherry, a model patient in an institution, suffers horrific nightmares of four red letters
carved on human skin. The Bitch Goddesses may have grown up, but one way or another, they must come to terms with a shared past...

The Story of O by Pauline Reage"The Return to the Chateau: Story of O" is widely acknowledged to be one of the most famous erotic
novels of all time. Graham Greene described it as 'A rare thing, a pornographic book well written
and without a trace of obscenity'. Harold Pinter called it 'A remarkable piece of work', while Brian
Aldiss proclaimed 'I do believe that Pauline Reage has confounded all her critics and made
pornography (if that is what it is) an art'. In "Story of O: Part II", O returns to the place of her
initiation, an elegant chateau outside Paris, where she submits completely to the sexual whims of
one man, her lover. "Story of O" is also available from Corgi Books.