Eunuch

by Len Lustgarten

Book Overview

Young Mohammed Nasser is kidnapped by Arabic raiders and brutally castrated in order to oversee a bizarre and wealthy prince's harem in a Persian Gulf oil emirate. Nasser grows into adulthood during... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935278908
• ISBN13: 9781935278900
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Read!

Eunuch is one of those books that keeps you wanting more. I was hooked after the first page and I couldn't put it down until the last. I'm hoping for a sequel.

What the future could hold for anyone...

After being robbed of his youth in such a brutal way Mohammed is then provided an extraordinary opportunity and takes it to see where it takes him. Will he be reborn? Even after castration everyone has the urge to reproduce. Mohammed with his son is after what seems to be unthinkable and yet so realistic it has us thinking and believing it could happen to any of us. Middle eastern culture is very different from ours and the cost of life at times is minimal. You feel several emotions with this book; shock, sadness, joy and confusion it keeps you turning the page. The author Len Lustgarten who wrote "Eunuch" did a wonderful job keeping you intrigued with the story. I would recommend this reading to anyone who believes the unusual is possible and what the future could hold for anyone.

EUNUCH is an enthralling ride...!

Eunuch is like nothing that I have ever read. From the barbaric practices and palace intrigue of Arabian Sheiks to a glimpse of what human cloning may look like in the not too distant future Eunuch delivers. It takes our most basic human desire to reproduce and be " immortal" and tells us a story that takes us from a devastated war torn desert to the heights of global power and scientific achievement. All told from the most unlikley of characters and all to answer one question. I loved it... E.M.

Eunuch is a GREAT read

Eunuch is a great work of fiction. A fast read with all the elements of a thriller. Interesting historical information. Great explaination of scientific ideas of Cloning and Evolutionary Biology. But more important a real love story... you will love it!! visit [...]

Pacific Book Review, March 14, 2010

Reviewed by: Gary Sorkin, Pacific Book Review Title: Eunuch: A Novel eu·nuch [yoo-nuhk] n. 1. A castrated man employed as a harem attendant or as a functionary in certain Arab palaces. 2. A man or boy whose testes are nonfunctioning or have been removed. 3. A castrated person employed to take charge of the women of a harem and act as chamberlain, ideally suited to guard the bedchamber. 4. Informal: An ineffectual, powerless, or unmasculine man. I believe it's best to begin this review, as I have done above, with the definition of the title "Eunuch: A Novel" by Len Lustgarten. Although a word that many may have thought they knew the definition, Eunuch reveals the meaning. Until you read this masterful book you cannot imagine the intricacies of such a life. Alien as the world Charlton Heston crash landed on in "Planet of the Apes", Len Lustgarten writes of the Arab princely lifestyle that treat humans like some form of pet. Arab oil billionaires bankroll the kidnapping of helpless boys, women and men and force them into a lifetime of modern day slavery. Eventually allowing them to be free - giving extreme wealth as a form of gratitude - these desert kingpins make this a currently ongoing barbaric behavior of pseudo generosity. As money makes the world turn, the world turns a blind eye to this cruel cultural practice and justifies it under the religious allowances of Islam. With this background in mind, let me say "Eunuch" is quite honestly a spectacularly original and creative work of literary genius. Get the picture? I loved it. From the very start Len Lustgarten immerses the reader into a world of clones, cultures, and concubines. You are transported to a palace of sex, slavery and seduction, into the realms of power, passion and prestige. Written by a M.D. with the skill and mastery you would expect to see from another doctor, Michael Crichton, Len Lustgarten goes into the medicine of cloning, and exponentially embellishes a story that is frankly pure adrenaline. When you think you know what's going to happen, you're thrown a curve, and then a new sub-plot unfolds. As aggressively as a competition squash game, Lustgarten takes killer shots of storylines into the corners of logic with such startling speed the reader is left in awe. If you take a close look at the cover, you see sand dunes with a model of what we commonly see as the double helix structure of DNA behind the title. But if you take a closer "subliminal look" at the dunes, what appears void of detail reveals a heart (in the shadow), representing the romantic theme of the book, a woman's breast, representing the sensuality, and the wrinkles of a male scrotum. You can use my visionary description and tell Dr. Rochart that I'm psychologically imbalanced, or you can begin seeing the deepening genius of Len Lustgarten's creative masterpiece, "Eunuch."