"I am no Rake," protests the anonymous English gentleman whose two hundred year-old journal falls into the hands of the prominent Los Angeles-based figure painter and avid blogger, David Soames... ... who is skeptical of the author's protestation. "No Rake...'" Blog and journal soon begin to mirror each other in an exchange that echoes across the centuries. As the potboiler romps exuberantly through 18th century Georgian boudoirs, it triggers the intimate memories of a 21st century man reflecting on youth-and age.The more things change, it seems, the more they stay the same. At least when it comes to men and sex. The Pilgrim's Staff is an explicit, unabashed reflection on the nature of masculine sexuality...
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