Foreword
The psychology of human sexual relationships is an area where great progress has been made in the 20th century. People are slowly being freed of the bonds that have so effectively prohibited the enjoyment of sexual relationships for so many people.
Yet, there are still many people living with 19th century sexual guilt. Their lives are lacking and incomplete as a result. And, since they are living in the 20th century with an outmoded form of thought, they are very unhappy.
In "The Captive Bank Teller" author Andrew O'Christopher tells the story of one such person. She is Mary Jenkins, age 24, a beautiful sensuous blonde. From one look at her beautiful face and body, it would seem that Mary could have anything she wanted. But she couldn't have happiness. She couldn't have sexual satisfaction.
O'Christopher brilliantly portrays the effects of a repressive upbringing on a beautiful girl and their unhappy consequences later. Mr. O'Christopher is a noted author in the field of human sexual behavior, and he brings this experience along a razor-sharp prose to make the reading of "The Captive Bank Teller" both an enlightening and enjoyable experience.
In the case of Mary Jenkins, her repressive upbringing and her sexual hang-ups must be forcibly removed before she is allowed to blossom as an adult sexual being, enjoying all that life has to offer.
This transformation is graphically described in the riveting scene in a bank vault where Mary Jenkins is a hostage at the mercy of the sexual whims of two bank robbers.
The balance in this scene between the psychology of male/female sexual relations and the drama of a bank robbery combine to make "The Captive Bank Teller" one of the finest books of the genre that we, The Publishers, have ever been privileged to offer.
We are confident in our prediction that "The Captive Bank Teller" will take its place on America's bookshelves next to "The Tropic of Cancer" and "The Story of O" as one of the landmark works in 20th century American literature.
-THE PUBLISHERS