"ironwork" as wielding an erect penis?

[Jonathon Green]

> Spectacular book. Its long-awaited sequel, _The Grand
> Complication,_ was stunningly bad. Really one of the biggest
> disappointments in ages.
>
>
JTS spot-on as ever. Sequel was embarrassing.

That said, A Case of Curiosities is not an especially slangy book - if
slangy at all - and yet again, while the example is alluring, I suggest
that the judicious pass it by.

JG

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