But attitudes to sex in the seventies were a bigger threat. There is one story in the book of a dystopian future set in Great Britain. The country was beset with strikes, IRA bombings, political unrest, the ?Winter of Discontent? was just around the corner, the gaining popularity of the Conservative party, (The Thatcher era was only a year away), and women?s palpable fear of the Yorkshire Ripper. I believe the book reflects Great Britain during 19. However, it is almost impossible not to use the afore-mentioned adjectives as they perfectly describe two major aspects of the book. I tried so hard to not use the following adjectives to describe the book ?dark? and ?disturbing? as I am sure they have been used many times to describe this set of short stories. There is sex between a man and a mannequin between a woman and an ape and the wet dreams of a man that involve a pre-pubescent girl. But, it could be construed as pornographic simply due to whom and what is described as having the sex. What I mean by that is that most of the sex is suggested but not always described in great detail. However, it could also be looked upon as pornographic but without the titillation. The sexually activity is within the spectrum of kinky and depraved. The main theme that runs through the book is sex. This is a collection of seven short stories by Ian McEwan from 1978.
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