Introduction
"Sweet Ride" by the unusually talented young Swedish writer, Ingmar Hanssen is easily one of the most remarkable sex novels of recent times. It treats some of the most forbidden psychosexual themes with the utmost frankness. It was to be expected that the book was practically banned upon publication in London by the Office of the Chief Censor. Because of the extraordinary interest aroused by this ultramodern frank treatment of incest, the book became a collector's item on the continent. This fact assured its present reprinting by Continental Classics.
In respect to the highly unusual sexual episodes described in the book, similar occurrences are revealed in everyday psychiatric consultations. The following from the actual case histories of the prominent analyst, Dr. O. Berndorff, will prove to be very interesting:
"Sid W., a young man aged twenty-six, single, was very effeminate in appearance and held a responsible office job. He came to me for asalysis upon the recommendation of his personal physician.
"I urged him to reveal his intimate sexual life in detail. He confessed that up to the age of twenty he had been having sexual relations with his sister, who was about five years older. It started as sex play during their childhood, but as he approached late adolescence, his sister enticed him into actual sexual intercourse with her. In his words:
'At the age of six, I indulged in sexual play with my sister. She was about eleven and asked me. to fool around with her. I fondled her vagina with my finger. I had my first real frigging with her when I was fifteen. She was in her room, lying on her bed nude. There was no one else in the house. She called me into her room and told me to play with her breasts. She then induced me to get on top of her and put my penis in her vagina. I ejaculated, but withdrew my penis in time. I screwed her about five different times and once I shot my load right up her vagina. The last time I had actual sex intercourse with my sister was at the age of twenty'.
"This patient developed strong homosexual cravings which he gratified during the time he was intimate with his sister. He, on several occasions would receive the penis of one man in his mouth, while he permitted another man to insert his penis in his rectum."
If the reader will recognize the dangers of perverse sex behavior, he should realize that intelligent self-discipline will help him avoid abnormal sex outlets.
Continental Classics presents "Sweet Ride" from this standpoint in its original, unexpurgated version. It is recommended only for the graduate student and mature adult reader
A. L. Saunders, M.A. New York City February, 1969
Archive Note: The large number of misspellings present in the original pocketbook are faithfully reproduced in this text. No attempt whatsoever has been made to correct those misspelled or misused words.