Three generations of women, all named Cissy Coalpitt, drown their husbands and then have to deal with a leacherous coroner whose silence is bought in return for sexual favours. A complex web of interlocking references to games, sex and mortality, famous last words, Samson and Delilah, Breughel, circumcision et al. A very black and bawdy comedy, highly recommended for lovers of the off-beat.
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THE PILLOW BOOK (1996)
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Pervy Peter strikes again, with a characteristically bizarre tale of game-playing, liberally peppered with sadism. Calligrapher's daughter Nagiko grows up searching for a lover who will write all over her body (?). Instead she meets Jerome who persuades her she should write all over his instead.....
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