Santa Steps Out
by Robert Devereaux
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Read in July, 2008
recommends it for:
Puritans
Definitely one of the oddest books I've read. This book (which is categorized in the Horror genre) is about a lusty Santa Claus who carries on a highly libidinous affair with the Tooth Fairy. And to complicate things, Santa's exploits are making the Easter Bunny crazy with jealousy. The Easter Bunny is, of course, a giant rabbit with the ability to become invisible but his only paramour is a self-made model he's named Petunia, made from wire mesh and bunny excrement. Oh, and of course Mrs. Claus...more
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Read in March, 2002
Robert Devereaux, Santa Steps Out (Leisure, 1998)
My reverence of Robert Devereaux's first novel, Deadweight, borders on the worshipful. After recently re-reviewing it, both one of my best friends and Devereaux himself e-mailed me and told me exactly the same thing: to get my hands on Santa Steps Out pronto. So I did (well, a little less pronto than I should have). They were both absolutely correct.
Make no mistake, this book will offend you. Any book containing scenes where Santa Claus cheats...more
My reverence of Robert Devereaux's first novel, Deadweight, borders on the worshipful. After recently re-reviewing it, both one of my best friends and Devereaux himself e-mailed me and told me exactly the same thing: to get my hands on Santa Steps Out pronto. So I did (well, a little less pronto than I should have). They were both absolutely correct.
Make no mistake, this book will offend you. Any book containing scenes where Santa Claus cheats...more
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Read in October, 2008
This book was outrageously obscene, a nightmare in print, and yet I couldn't stop reading it, loved it! I had never heard of Robert Devereaux before reading this book, impressive prose and use of vocabulary. Kudos to him for having the guts to tell such an offensive story in which Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy carry on a lascivious affair for over three-and-twenty years whilst the voyeuristic Easter Bunny observes, plotting to have his way with Mrs. Claus. Santa Steps Out is a story I w...more
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I have to say I was disappointed. Halfway through the novel I was rating it maybe three stars, but after I read the ending. I am fighting with two stars. Damn did I hate the ending! I heard nothing but good things about this novel. There was a swirl of perversion, and orgies but it left you feeling, so. The story never went anywhere and the characters were very one-dimensional. It could have been a good book.
The good about this novel the idea is original but that is all it has to offer.
The good about this novel the idea is original but that is all it has to offer.
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Read in December, 2001
recommended to Evie by:
Saindon
Make no mistake about it: this book is bad. So bad it goes back to being good again. Prepare to have your childhood fantasies crapped on.
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recommended to Karen by:
my husband
recommends it for: Those who believe that nothing is sacred.
recommends it for: Those who believe that nothing is sacred.
Read in January, 2003
recommends it for:
anyone and everyone
