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''Naked Came the Stranger'' is a 1969 hoax novel parodying the sex-obsessed novels of TheSixties, such as ''Literature/ValleyOfTheDolls'' and ''The Adventurer''. It was written by twenty-four journalists and edited by Mike [=McGrady=], who wanted to test his theory that any book would sell if enough sex was thrown in. Sure enough, the book sold 20,000 copies before the authors went public. It was adapted into, appropriately enough, a porn film in 1975.

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''Naked Came the Stranger'' is a 1969 [[StealthParody hoax novel novel]] parodying the sex-obsessed novels of TheSixties, such as ''Literature/ValleyOfTheDolls'' and ''The Adventurer''. It was written by twenty-four journalists and edited by Mike [=McGrady=], who wanted to test his theory that any book would sell if enough sex was thrown in. Sure enough, the book sold 20,000 copies before the authors went public. It was adapted into, appropriately enough, a porn film in 1975.


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''Naked Came the Stranger'' is a 1969 hoax novel parodying the sex-obsessed novels of the 1960s, such as ''Literature/ValleyOfTheDolls'' and ''The Adventurer''. It was written by twenty-four journalists and edited by Mike [=McGrady=], who wanted to test his theory that any book would sell if enough sex was thrown in. Sure enough, the book sold 20,000 copies before the authors went public. It was adapted into, appropriately enough, a porn film in 1975.

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''Naked Came the Stranger'' is a 1969 hoax novel parodying the sex-obsessed novels of the 1960s, TheSixties, such as ''Literature/ValleyOfTheDolls'' and ''The Adventurer''. It was written by twenty-four journalists and edited by Mike [=McGrady=], who wanted to test his theory that any book would sell if enough sex was thrown in. Sure enough, the book sold 20,000 copies before the authors went public. It was adapted into, appropriately enough, a porn film in 1975.

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* AutoErotica: Gillian gives Marvin Goodman a blowjob as they drive towards a toll booth, causing a traffic jam behind them and a minor car accident.

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* AutoErotica: Gillian gives Marvin Goodman a blowjob as they drive towards a toll booth, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome causing a traffic jam behind them and a minor car accident.accident]].
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Literature/AtlantaNights'' was written with a similar intent, though this time around it was mostly to prove that the publisher was a [[VanityPublishing vanity press]].
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Compare ''Literature/AtlantaNights'', a book written in a similar fashion with the motive of twitting publish-on-demand company [[VanityPublishing PublishAmerica]].
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''Naked Came the Stranger'' is a 1969 hoax novel parodying the sex-obsessed novels of the 1960s, such as ''Literature/ValleyOfTheDolls'' and ''The Adventurer''. It was written by twenty-four journalists and edited by Mike [=McGrady=], who wanted to test his theory that any book would sell if enough sex was thrown in. Sure enough, the book sold 20,000 copies before the authors went public.

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''Naked Came the Stranger'' is a 1969 hoax novel parodying the sex-obsessed novels of the 1960s, such as ''Literature/ValleyOfTheDolls'' and ''The Adventurer''. It was written by twenty-four journalists and edited by Mike [=McGrady=], who wanted to test his theory that any book would sell if enough sex was thrown in. Sure enough, the book sold 20,000 copies before the authors went public.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Literature/AtlantaNights'' was written with a similar intent, though this time around it was mostly to prove that the publisher was a [[VanityPublishing vanity press]].
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* WheelchairAntics: The Baron broke his back in a polo accident at age 71. Now, at age 104, he enjoys racing his wheelchair around at top speed. He refuses any help in getting into his custom-built car, preferring to ramp his wheelchair into the back.
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* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Gillian gets in the car with celebrated author Zoltan Caradoc with no interest in seducing him, since he's not married. But as soon as they arrive at his mansion, he rips her clothes off, saying he's not doing anything she doesn't want.
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'''Caradoc''': It may begin as rape, but that's not the way it generally winds up.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Zoltan Caradoc has a large wire statue of a male nude with an erection called "Male Nude with Erection."
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* HandWave: Any inconsistencies left by the editing process are explained by Gillian's ability to transform in the eye of the beholder into any man's ideal woman, even if his ideal woman looks and acts nothing like her.


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* IfItsYouItsOkay: Gillian is the first woman to ever get a sexual reaction from Willoughby Martin.

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* TheBeard: Willoughby Martin has had sex with men who have married to fool the straight world, but he finds them unsatisfying. With their phony marriages and secret lives, he finds them more pitiable than sexy.



* CampGay: Willoughby is an interior decorator who worries that the humidity will ruin his makeup [[EstablishingCharacterMoment on the first page of his chapter]].



* ChristianRock: A Jewish example. Rabbi Turnbull is hiring a band called Jonah and the Wails, who use two electric guitars, a tambourine, and a rubber whale's jawbone banged against a kettle drum. [[spoiler:His sexual frustration and guilt over Gillian leads him to disappear three days before their appearance. He reappears in the middle of their performance, calls them Philistines, and tries to beat up the Temple Vice Presidents.]]

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* ChristianRock: A Jewish example. Rabbi Turnbull is hiring a band called Jonah and the Wails, who use two electric guitars, a tambourine, and a rubber whale's whale jawbone banged against a kettle drum. [[spoiler:His sexual frustration and guilt over Gillian leads him to disappear three days before their appearance. He reappears in the middle of their performance, calls them Philistines, and tries to beat up the Temple Vice Presidents.]]


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* StraightGay: Willoughby's partner Hank is a ruggedly handsome computer programmer who dresses in plain, ordinary men's clothes.


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* TokenMinority: Willoughby and Hank are the only gay couple in King's Neck, and Willoughby sometimes jokes that they represent token integration. They keep getting invited to dinner parties so the neighbors can brag about having gay friends.
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* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:Melvin Corby finally snaps from his sexual frustration over Gillian. He runs home with his fly open and proceeds to violently beat Myrna. When emergency workers arrive, Myrna has to be taken out in a stretcher and Melvin in a straitjacket.]]


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* TheVamp: Gillian. This is especially apparent with Melvin Corby, whom she doggedly attempts to seduce despite his determination to stay faithful to Myrna.
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* FantasySequence: Melvin Corby's chapter opens with Melvin at Le Mans, roaring around the track with his huge, phallic racecar while Gillian Blake cheers from the front row. Then his lawnmower sputters and dies, ruining the fantasy.


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* JewishMother: Melvin Corby's mother disapproves of everything about his life, from his wife ("A Jewish girl who don't know enough to save chicken fat") to his name change ("What'll you tell the fancy neighbors? My name is Corby, and this is my mother, Mrs. Korbinsky?") to his seven-year-old's horseback riding lessons ("[[WordSchmord Fancy schmancy]]. Who needs it? Better he should get good marks.")


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* StopBeingStereotypical: Myrna Corby works very hard to fit in with the goyim of King's Neck, so she dislikes Melvin's mother for acting "kikey."

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