This book was briefly notorious back in the 1920s, when a group in New York City tried to ban it as "obscene." Of course, sales exploded.The angst was all about some very coy and sophisticated double-entendres which would have gone over the heads of most readers in any era.All the commotion at least brought some attention to this witty and entertaining fantasy. Cabell wrote many more books in the same vein and, perhaps, began to repeat himself. But here his ideas and voice are fresh and new.It's not for everyone, but if you're the sort who enjoys the elegant wordplay and fantastical mannerisms of writers like Nabokov or Italo Calavino, you might want to give it a try.And, hey, in this edition, it's free.-- J.C. Legere