Flash

by Carole Mallory

Sexaholic substance abuser Maya Endicott plots to win a starring role from film producer Harry Blydon, marry French millionaire Jean Paul, and hold onto Sacha Sachtel, the sixty-year-old King of Kink who is Maya's true passion

203 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Carole Mallory (born 1942) is an American author, actress and former model who appeared in the films Looking for Mr. Goodbar and The Stepford Wives (1975 film). She was a mistress of writer Norman Mailer and kept notes and writings of this time, selling them to Harvard University in 2008 after the writer's death.

Reviews

[Downward · Rating 2 out of 5]

At its best, Flash strives to explain the power dynamics between sexes, as pertaining to exhibitionism and explores the idea of degradation as power, putting forward this idea of submission as the ultimate means of control. It attempts to do that by explaining the process of the casting couch, as Maya Endicott goes from flasher to Hollywood starlet, and how her sexual proclivities allow her control over the producers and other men in her life. This is a fun thesis, and a workable plot but the writing is dull, dull, dull. Poorly paced and barely edited, this novel felt like 1,000 pages of subpar Joan Didion with kink. No thanks.

[Jerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting. ..

[Dana Jerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

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“But the closer we became, the less he cared about control. He had abandoned his fears. That was love, and that was when I felt most loved.”

“Don’t ever let a man use you for business. Sex is one thing. But allowing a man to get money out of you is criminal. That’s women’s work. Never let a man use you like we use them.”
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[Alexis Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

very easy to read. subject matter is a bit taboo maybe and it’s kinda blah as in not much is resolved or anything. but good spring break book to casually read.