Book description
Throughout history man has revered his penis as his 'most precious
ornament'.
Yet, ambivalently, his penis has always been the source of man's
deepest neuroses too. Do women find it, in the erect state, inherently
ridiculous? Why can't a man be certain his penis will stand and
deliver when he commands? If and when it steadfastly refuses, what can
he do to remedy the situation? And then, of course, there's the matter
of size...
To possess a penis, Sophocles said, is to be 'chained to a madman'.
God's Doodle examines the schizophrenic relationship between
man and this madman - and the joint relationship this odd couple has
with the female sex.
God's Doodle is the tale of the penis and the ups and downs
of history - the macabre and the bloodcurdling, the funny and the sad,
distilled from myth, world cultures, religion, literature, science,
medicine and contemporary life - all told with mordant wit.
Tom Hickman has worked as a journalist on national magazines,
newspapers and for the BBC. His books include a biography of Churchill's
wartime bodyguard; the story of the BBC during World War Two; the
experience of the Bevin Boys, sent to work in the coalmines during it;
and of post-war National Service after it. He has also written a history
of changing sexual mores during the 20th century.
