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Do you like a Wank?

What are the odds of someone called Martin Wank writing a book called Sex, Freud and Folly: The Truth About Psychotherapy ?

Read the reviews.

Simon R. Hughes
  

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com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1587214148/ref=cm cr[/nq] **** in short spurts is perhaps not as satisfying as taking in all his oeuvre at a stroke. He's tossed off two more that are also definitely worth a flick: Hitler and the Holocaust: The Hidden Story* and *The Real World (same link; click on his name). He comes in for some pretty stiff criticism for these, too.

  • com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1587214148/ref=cm cr[/nq] **** in short spurts is perhaps not as satisfying as taking in all his oeuvre at a stroke.
  • He's tossed off two more that are also definitely worth a flick: Hitler and the Holocaust: The Hidden Story* and *The Real World (same link; click on his name).
  • He comes in for some pretty stiff criticism for these, too.
  • ** Ross Howard
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[nq:1]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1587214148/ref=cm cr[/nq]
**** in short spurts is perhaps not as satisfying as taking in all his oeuvre at a stroke. He's tossed off two more that are also definitely worth a flick: Hitler and the Holocaust: The Hidden Story* and *
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[nq:1]**** in short spurts is perhaps not as satisfying as taking in all his oeuvre at a stroke. He's tossed ... (same link; click on his name). He comes in for some pretty stiff criticism for these, too. ** Ross Howard[/nq]
Interesting that on several sites (eg
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[nq:1]Interesting that on several sites (eg http://www.powells.com/biblio/138000-138200/1566632161.html ) he is called Martin Wain, and the name Martin Wain is shown on the book's dustjacket. But the 'Publisher's Note' on the same page calls him Martin ****.[/nq]
First he Wankses then he W
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[nq:1]What are the odds of someone called Martin **** writing a book called ***, Freud and Folly: The Truth About Psychotherapy ?[/nq]
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[nq:1] Read the reviews.[/nq]
The more I follow this trail, the less I believe it, despite having collapsed in a fit of giggles.

David
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Does exactly what it says on the tin.
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On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, in alt.usage.english, david56
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And there's more. This was sent to me by a Finn:
http://eero.tyni.swellserver.com/news/top stories/worldrecord.php

It makes me wince just thinking about it.

Mark Browne
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