Lying in Bed Author:Mark Harris "Earnestly they conversed together as they lied in bed." So begins the first novel by the beautiful Mariolena Sunwall, a writing student of Lee Youngdahl at Arizona State. When the lustful but impotent professor-novelist Youngdahl encounters the beautiful Sunwall, he learns of a novel she's eager to have published and decides he can help her lan... more »d a book contract with one of New York's most prestigious publishing house. But he has his own agenda and some extracurricular activities in mind. Working for Mariolena gives him the inspiration he needs to break out of his paralyzing writer's block, but that's not all he's hoping to recover from. While his wife Beth is away visiting their children on a seven-city tour, Youngdahl is determined to find a cure for his impotence and revisit his old Don Juan days.
"Extravagantly funny." --The New York Times
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