Jeremy

by Richard Manton

As a bedroom sadist, Jeremy not only performs perversely brilliant seductions but also manages to part his women from their money in this series of 12 linked narratives. Amazingly, women still dote on him, from his elderly Aunt Em to warm-skinned Daisy, as each sensuous episode unfolds and begins to unlock the secrets of Jeremy's desires.

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2000

About the author

The pseudonym Richard Manton first appeared in print in the early 1980's on spanking stories published in Janus Magazine. Shortly after in 1982 Grove Press began issuing the Grove Press Victorian Library, many of which were authored by Manton.

The most marked characteristic of Manton's work is that he used the same female characters repeatedly in different novels, no matter the setting or situation, e.g., Elaine Cox, Cara Jolly, Noreen. It is this use of the same female characters that has lead researchers to believe that the author behind the Manton name is Donald Thomas.

In the mid 1970's Thomas wrote several crime novels under the name Francis Selwyn. While these are not erotica, several of Manton's characters appear in them with the exact same names and characteristics as in the Manton books. There are some instances of corporal punishment in the novels as well.

Reviews

[Lenny Nero · Rating 2 out of 5]

Four short stories and one novella length story comprise this collection of Mantonian cp smut, all featuring the sadist titular character.

In the first story, 'Theresa~The Best Seat in the House', Jeremy works over a neighbor to a house he has inherited.

Second story 'Johanna & Una~Fifteen Minutes of Fame', Jeremy gets involved with two Scandinavian students and a rock star named Mean Bitch(!).

Third story, 'Wow & Flutter' concerns a man named Marcus who hears an obscene story being read on the radio and is convinced it's his old college nemesis, Jeremy.

Fourth, and longest story, 'The Homicidal Humourists', has Jeremy driving a couple of students into some military ruled republic and they get captured. This is where the book becomes bogged down by endless description. I can understand and appreciate the fetishistic description of the female posterior, but he spends a lot of time describing rooms, villas, furniture, courtyards, etc. I found myself skipping over quite a bit of this.

Fifth and final story, 'Images', seems to be about the pictures, and the shop and patrons for said pictures, taken of the women being punished in 'The Homidical Humourists'.

To sum up, I think this one is only for Mantonian completists, and I wouldn't recommend it as a good place to start with this author. It's not all bad, there are some great and intense cp scenes, but the overindulgence of description is hard to overcome.