Boreal

LOVE, SEX & 2 1/2 SUICIDES

Preface

A Los Angeles studio suggested making a version of Love, Sex and Islam that is strictly about sex and relationships, no scriptures. Love, Sex and 2 1/2 Suicides is in keeping with their recommendation.

It’s late in the day, and Farewell Postings was supposed to be my last attempt to get you interested in my scholarship, but a suggestion from people in the business of turning books into movies could not be ignored.

With lovers and would-be lovers no longer required as an introduction to scriptures, I have added eight more stories about people who had a profound impact on my life. Among these is the tragic memory of a young woman whose suicide I should have anticipated, and the tale of a priest who saved my life and his awkward attempt to teach me what I already knew about the birds and the bees.

Recalling these relationships from years gone by without scriptures as accompaniment has significantly raised, especially for a man my age, the embarrassment factor. I keep telling myself that, if it gets you interested in more edifying works I have written, the embarrassment will have been a small price to pay.

I only use first names, and in one instance only an initial. If you are still with us and recognise yourself in a character, I hope you will not be offended, but flattered that I still remember our time together after all these years. As for everyone else, if a man my age reminiscing about sixty-some years of intimacies, vulgarities and sentimentalities has you gagging or recoiling at stuff you feel would have been better left unsaid… too friggin’ bad!