" Dead As They Come" tells of a wealthy businessman's bizarre obsession with a fashion mannequin, which he purchases and takes home with him." Two Fragments" gives a post-apocalyptic view of a ravaged London through the eyes of a father caring for his young daughter in a collapsed society." Reflections of a Kept Ape" appears to show a relationship of bestiality between a writer and her ape, seen from the point of view of the 'ape'.The story ends as the women prepare to castrate him in revenge for his having (so they allege) passed on venereal disease to them. His lovers eventually trap him and tie him to the bed. "Pornography" is about a two-timing pornographer.They allowed me to try out different things, to discover myself as a writer."
In an interview with Christopher Ricks in 1979, McEwan commented, "They were a kind of laboratory for me.
The collection is McEwan's second book and second collection of short stories, and was regarded by the author (along with his first collection, First Love, Last Rites) as an opportunity to experiment and find his voice as a writer. In Between the Sheets (1978) is the second collection of short stories by British writer Ian McEwan.
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