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The Whore of Mensa (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)

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Kaiser Lupowitz, a New York private detective, is hired by Word Babcock to thwart a blackmail scheme. Babcock, who builds and services joy buzzers, considers himself an intellectual but does not find his wife intellectually stimulating: “She won’t discuss Pound with me. Or Eliot. I didn’t know that when I married her.” He hears about a call-girl service providing female college students who will discuss intellectual matters for a fee, and he becomes a regular customer. Flossie, the madam, wants ten thousand dollars, or else she will turn over to his wife tapes...

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