The Pornographer

The Pornographer

San Clemente psychiatric hospital, Town of Venice, Italy 1979 (large detail)

Magnum

The nominal protagonist in John McGahern's novel is a writer of pornographic literature whose own sexual exploits read more like a comedy of errors, and whose mother is dying in hospital.
The real protagonist, however, may be the bed, and all its attendant uses.

Raymond Depardon's original cover photo has been slightly cropped on the right hand edge, and given a duotone-like tint.

To view the uncropped, black & white version, click here.