O: The Intimate History of the Orgasm

"Margolis devotes himself to the social history of the ways and means of orgasm . . . And his breezy, sophisticated writing doesn't hurt, either" (Booklist).

Orgasm is one of society's most compelling, shaping forces—and most of us probably think that we are living in its golden age. But are we? The history of orgasms is as elusive as the orgasm itself can be, for sex rarely makes the historical record.

Now acclaimed British journalist Jonathan Margolis delivers the definitive histor...