143:(2005), is a powerful erotic novel, the story of how the narrator becomes sexually involved with a bar owner and a woman young enough to be his daughter. It is divided into three parts: the first covers a night, the second a week and the third a season in the author's attempt to convey a sense of increasing speed.
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154:(2012), is the script for a 50-minute show revealing how Judy experiences the development of her body as she grows from childhood into an adult. She has to find new ways to face up to life, sex and thought.
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