<DIV><p>"[A] hilariously satirical debut novel. Miller, Lawrence, and Genet stop by like proud ancestors... But it's a more recent generation of mischievous deviant writers (Nicholson Baker, Mary Gaitskill) that truly looms large — <I>Erotomania</I>'s closest predecessor might be Baker's The Fermata. [An] ambitious book... [A] biting satire." —Zach Baron, <I>Village Voice</I></p><p>"Sex is familiar, but it's perennial, and Levy makes it fresh." —Richard Rayner, <I>Los Angeles Times Book Review</I></p><p>"Levy seems to have an eye for detail for all that is absurd, commonly human, and uniquely American." —Beth Harrington, <I>Bookslut</I></p><p>"It's a great book, written with flawless verve by a tremendous fictioneer and thinker, and it deserves glory. A classic." —Andre Codrescu, <I>Exquisite Corpse</I></p><p>"[<I>Erotomania</I>] can just as easily be a bookend to the beautifully nuanced prose of Milan Kundera as it can be a long-version story for a nudie mag minus the accompanying photographs. It's all in the context — as it is with most relationships." —<I>Quarterly Conversation</I></p><p>"<I>Erotomania</I> wields a comedic punch that makes it, above all, a fun novel to read." —<I>Nerve.com</I></p><p><I>Erotomania</I> is an absurdist portrait of a modern-day romance. It follows James and Monica from their early days as couple that is forced to move into a nuclear fall-out bunker so their explosive sex life doesn’t physically harm their neighbors, down the long journey to marriage counseling.</p><p><B>Francis Levy</B>’s short stories, criticism, humor, and poetry have appeared in <I>The New York Times</I>, <I>The Washington Post</I>, <I>The New Republic</I>, <I>The Village Voice</I>, and <I>The Quarterly</I>.</p></DIV>