Kamikaze Lust

by Lauren Sanders

--Winner of a 2000 Lambda Literary Award

"Like an official conducting an all-out strip search, first-time novelist Lauren Sanders plucks and probes her characters' minds and bodies to reveal their hidden lusts, and when all is said and done, nary a body cavity is spared." --Time Out New York

"This sexy little novel isn't afraid to be steamy--but it isn't too jaded for romance either." --The Advocate

Kamikaze Lust takes the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888451084
• ISBN13: 9781888451085
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A truly compelling read

After reading Sanders' first novel, I am convinced she is going to be big. Her use of language is brilliant and her building of a sexy yet poignant plot leads to a compelling conclusion. I could not put this book down! Be prepared for a wild ride - sex, pornography and death all make this one hell of a read.

Could not put it down!

This book is incredible. I kept reading and reading, loving Sanders' great dialogue, vivid descriptions and great sex scenes. The Thanksgiving scene is a classic, and the book is sexy and smart at the same time, a rarity these days. It covers such wide topics as family, love, work and death. Reading this made me wish I could meet the author and find out where she gets her ideas from, they are so imaginative. I am giving this book to all my friends as a gift and also recommending it to my book club.

A Fabulous Book

What a compelling read. Emotionally intense, culturally relevant, and deeply and seamlessy driven by its rich characters. Reading this book reminded me of Rick Moody's Ice Storm--so sad at times I wanted to throw it across the room yet too engaging to put down until the end. This is an ambitious and often lonely ride through mainstream media and hardore pornography, a quest for love and identity, and yes, the heartbreaking fragility of one typically eerie nuclear family. Sanders has the heart and stomach to pull it all off and the sharp mind to tie it all together. I look forward to reading more of her work.

I couldn't put it down!

This first novel is hip, sexy and daring, blending such seemingly disparate elements as the porn industry, assisted suicide and the quest for a fulfilling relationship into a seamless whole. Though the book has a lot of sexual elements, it's more about the need to be loved. Sanders is an Erica Jong for the new Millenium.

Sexy, disturbing, funny? what a read.

Lauren Sanders' first novel is terrific. Sanders writes very,very well and she weaves a story that is sexy, disturbing and, atpoints, laugh out loud funny. Once I got to the middle of the book I kept finding excuses to put the rest of my life on hold so I could stay in my chair and keep reading. This is a serious book about serious things that does not preach but, rather, gets its point across while entertaining the reader to no end. Now THAT is refreshing. I, for one, can't wait to read her next book. Sanders is a writer to cheer about. A good book.