The Old Sex Symphony
by Vincent Kane
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Pub Date Mar 28 2018 | Archive Date Apr 15 2018
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Description
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.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781999933128 |
| PRICE | £11.49 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Susan K, Reviewer
The Old Sex Symphony is as the title alludes - a celebration of the libido and its ups and downs as people past the age of sixty attempt to keep the home fires burning. Ostensibly a scientific study of sexual behavior in the elderly, the study’s researcher and his younger research partner divide their research according to symphonic movements, with brief intermissions of their conversations interspersed with much longer and detailed stories of unrelated people in unrelated incidents - stories of the mundane, the profane, and the profound - of older men and women in licit and illicit encounters.
Vincent Kaye is one of the most talented writers I’ve discovered in quite a while, managing to make the stories of the research subjects both hilarious, poignant, believable, and unbelievable - but, ultimately, when all is said and done, incredibly and believability human. I loved this book. It’s about life, when you get down to the core. And life is messy, beautiful, and should be filled with ice cream. As a matter of fact, reading this book is akin to slowly savoring one’s favorite flavor of ice cream created by the best ice cream maker in the world. I urge you to dip into this book.
I received this book as an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley. I am under no obligation to write a positive review, nor did I receive any compensation for either reading the book or writing the review.
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