Jake’s Thing (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Kingsley Amis
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Comic realism
- Time of Work: The mid-1970’s
- Setting: London and Oxford, England
- Principal Characters: Jake Richardson, Brenda Richardson, Geoffrey Mabbott, Dr. Proinsias Rosenberg, Eve Greenstreet, Kelly Gambeson
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, History, 1970’s, Tradition, Sex or sexuality, Psychology or psychologists, Social issues, Alienation, England or English people, London, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Psychiatry or psychiatrists, Senses or sensation, Pornography
- Locales: London, England, Oxford, England
The Novel
At the age of fifty-nine, Jake Richardson has become concerned about his lack of ability or desire to perform sexually. His family physician refers him to a psychologist named Proinsias Rosenberg, who begins therapy using a number of techniques collectively called “inceptive regrouping” and an apparatus known as a “nocturnal mensurator.” Jake is instructed to complete a questionnaire on his aberrant sexual proclivities, to use pornographic magazines for the purposes of masturbation, to write out a sexual fantasy, and to engage his wife in petting sessions...
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