It's unfortunate that this book is so rooted in the Seventies because the adoption of certain phrases and manners of speech makes it difficult to take Two + Two seriously. For example,
"To this day I'm overcome with grief whenever I see a tomato."Okay, well maybe that's just plain bad writing. Try this:
Her knowledge of Jews and their extra-curricular mating habits was minuscule.Okay, so that was bad writing, too. Here's a perfect one:
They talked incessantly, believing the lean limited present could be stretched like a body stocking to cover years of flabby past tense.Boris seems to want to explore a multi-partner relationship. Alas, he chickens out in the end, as the characters all decide it was a bad idea anyway. Wimps. In fact, marketing it as a naughty book was probably a bit of sleight-of-hand. Shame on Ballantine, even though it was the Seventies. Oh, here's the one I was looking for:
"Fantastic," she said, zipping up her fly.Gotta love it!