Bodies and Souls- John Rechy- by John Rechy - 1983

Bodies and Souls- John Rechy- 9780881840049*Three ""Lost Angels,"" teenage runaways who visit the L.A. tourist-attractions while becoming obsessed with Sister Woman, a TV-cult evangelist: the threesome--Hollywood-obsessed Lisa, macho-rebel Jesse James, repressed Orin--eventually achieve trio-orgasm. . . but, when Sister Woman fails to prove that God exists, they turn into freeway snipers. - sideshow of L.A. natives caught in body/soul binds. Porn-film star Amber Haze is fed up with everybody ""reducing my body, my breasts, my sex. . Manny Gomez, a barrio kid with an over-sexed mother, looks for a sex/religion interface:he wants a naked Christ tattooed on his chest, a Christ , A black cleaning-woman, already fired with anti-white Judgment Day-dreams, is disgusted by having to clean for homosexuals. -White sodomites!- A homosexual striptease-dancer looks for love at a mock slave-auction - S&M slant. Bodybuilder prostitutes himself to win a championship. Deranged bag lady with sex/violence fantasies is gang-raped. A gay-hustler who claims to be heterosexual discovers homosexual love. A disturbed policeman lusts for little girls. Etc. And all these characters are brought together in a ludicrous Bridge of San Luis Rey epilogue. Subjects-homosexual milieu, turgid pretensions mixing with the drab quasi-pornography.......Paperback book in acceptable condition covers due show some use wear mostly at edges. Spine is tight but is creased. Pages are clean unmarked, but are tanning slightly from age....... Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles - maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into-City-Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit....... Bodies and Souls 5155 PB Red Coleman SB 2 POUNDS