SADOMASOCHISM IS THE LEAST OF IT!

RON SILLIMAN WRITES:

"Bruce Sterling with a difference: Eileen Tabios has written an intense thriller that manages to expose the dangerous & erotic underside of the Northern California vineyards, international finance and the global ties that bind many nations to the U.S., not as partners, but in the manner of sadomasochism. And she has done it all in rhyme."

Well, fine. I'm grateful and all that. But as I replied to Ron, "Aw geeeeeeeeeeeeez. You've just upped the difficulty threshold!!!"