The auditorium is hushed. The conductor raises his baton…

Chaucer meets Masters and Johnson in a humane and hilarious novel about overage sex – including the joys, aches and fearlessness that it entails

Middle-aged people wonder what sex will be like over 60.

Young people think that sex is against the law after 60.

All are agreed that old age does not come alone. It brings with it aches, pains and illnesses – which are either peculiar to old age or more deadly, even fatal, than at other times of life.

But libido remains. It never goes away. Can I still? Should we really? Might she, perhaps?

The answers to these questions make for a symphony of differing moods, tempos and movements. Bawdy, Pathétique, Mock Heroic, Tristesse, Farce. These are the movements of The Old Sex Symphony.

About the Author

Vincent Kane worked for almost four decades as a broadcaster in News and Current Affairs on BBC Television and Radio. His awards include an OBE for services to broadcasting in Wales and a BAFTA lifetime achievement award. Now he and his wife Mary are retired and live in Cyprus, where she paints, he writes and they frequently entertain their children and grandchildren.