THE SEX NOVEL.
DEMAND DECLINING IN AUSTRALIA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, January 20. According to Sydney booksellers, there is a distinct decline in the demand for the sex novel which was all the vogue two or three years ago. It is only “ flappers ” who ask for it now. The general demand is for the historical novel. Hero are some representative opinions;— Angus and Robertson: “ The demand for the sex novel has gone. We sold a lot of ‘ Simon Called Peter ’ and ‘ Flaming Youth,’ but readers have tired of that kind of stuff. Australian readers today want clean stuff with a love interest.” Dymock's: “ There is practically no demand for the sex novel to-day. The best seller is the historical novel—such books as those of Sabatini and Wren — with the mystery or detective story well j up in the list, and then the humorous | writings of such men as Wodehouse and | Leacock.” The reaction seems complete, and is to be welcomed.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20317, 27 January 1928, Page 12
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