Throughout history man has revered his penis as his 'most precious ornament'. Yet, ambivalently, his penis has always been the source of man's deepest neuroses too. Do women find it, in the erect state, inherently ridiculous? Why can't a man be certain his penis will stand and deliver when he commands? If and when it steadfastly refuses, what can he do to remedy the situation? And then, of course, there's the matter of size... To possess a penis, Sophocles said, is to be 'chained to a madman'. "Chained to a Madman" examines the schizophrenic relationship between man and this madman -- and the joint relationship this odd couple has with the female sex. "Chained to a Madman" is the tale of the penis and the ups and downs of history -- the macabre and the bloodcurdling, the funny and the sad, distilled from myth, world cultures, religion, literature, science, medicine and contemporary life -- all told with mordant wit.
- ISBN10 0224100785
- ISBN13 9780224100786
- Publish Date 1 January 2099
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Square Peg
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 240
- Language English