false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544391m/24848.jpg 24848 5 In his highly acclaimed 11th novel, Crews has written a wild, weird black comedy that takes place over one weekend during a women's bodybuilding competition. A secretary has found a new life as a champion bodybuilding contender, but her turns things upside down with their redneck antics. Serial rights to Playboy. 28876 1990 BODY: A Novel total:228|5:72|4:84|3:59|2:12|1:1| 228 898 281 21 3 0 false true Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 07:59:32 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 00:36:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 09:50:59 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 09:51:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 05 17:10:04 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 17:12:53 -0800 2009
And it has possibly the best written sex-scene ever.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Sep 20 23:05:56 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 23:06:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 23:54:02 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 20:43:40 -0700 2009 2 0 false true Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 29 22:11:53 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 22:12:37 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Oct 18 16:39:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 16:40:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 07:22:58 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 07:34:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 30 16:54:05 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 17:23:38 -0700 2007 From my point of view, as a rather unsporty person, often called authentic, natural....it was an almost blinding trashy insight into a different world, especially for a european, i guess. Very entertaining! I re...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 02 19:49:18 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 17:29:45 -0700 2009
i can't say i cared for Marvella's 4 young sisters - the characters seemed out of place in the novel and extremely far-fetched..

i also felt the ending was a bit of a cop-out.

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