Introduction
"Under, Over and Around" was the first novel of the young French writer Derek Swarmer which succeeded in shocking suposedly sophisticated Paris upon its publicaton. Never before had such a bold, blunt detailing of the seamy side of English sex life been made public. The book was banned within two weeks by the DeGaulle government. It also had a brisk sale in the London bookstores before it was put on the forbidden list by the censors there. Collectors of the unusual in modern erotica soon bought up all "underground" copies and made this book a rare out of print item.
A purpose of the psychosexual behavior of the characters in this book, the eminent psychoanalyst, Dr. A. Berndorff, has made these enlightening comments:
"People achieving orgasm in abnormal manners are unable to realize the unconscious drives behind the various roles they assume in an attempt to gratify each other. Some lesbians with an unusually elongated clitoris have been known to insert the end of the clitoris into the vagina of their partner by getting into a sideway posi tion. Friction of clitoris aganst the partner's vaginal lips and clitoris will then induce an orgasm.
Giving her personal history one of the lesbians states: 'In my relationships with these women I pretended I was a man and that I had a penis which penetrated my girl friend. She pretended that also with her body against mine and the clitoris against the clitoris. The feeling that we were men was much more exciting than just using the finger.
'Some of the women wanted me to use a dildo, or rubber penis. They would react just as if I had an erect penis. I would frequently practice finger sodomy at the same time by inserting two fingers in her anus after the rubber penis was going in and out of their vaginal lips. If my grl friend would give me an enema or douche, it would excite her to the point of orgasm. Sometimes we would become tremendously excited by inserting our breasts into each other's vagina. At other times we used a candle. We bent it so that part of it penetrated me and the other part penetrated her vagina or anus.
'When my girl friend brought her husband along, they would both make love by sucking my breasts. Then while his penis entered me, I would give her an orgasm by inserting my tongue in her vagina.' "
It will help the reader's understanding to realize, as this book describes, that people resort to these different methods of sex gratifications to satisfy unconscious cravings.
Continental Classics presents "Over UDder and Around" in its original unexpurgated version. It is recommended only for the graduate student or mature adult reader.
Allan Saunders, M.A. New York City April, 1968
Archive Note: The truly incredible number of misspelled words present in the original pocketbook are faithfully reproduced in this text. No attempt whatsoever has been made to correct those misspelled or misused words.