Sinclair Beiles (1930–2000)

Wu Wu Meng er et slags pseudonym for Sinclair Beiles, der har oversat (eller bearbejdet eller gendigtet) en erotisk klassiker fra det femtende århundrede "Jin Ping Mei", der handler om Hsi Men (Ximen Qing) og hans seks koner. Bogen siges at have inspireret Kama Sutra og andre lignende værker. Jin, Ping og Mei er de tre nyeste af de seks koner. På engelsk er værket også kendt som "Golden Lotus", "The Love Pagoda" eller "The Six Wives of Hsi Men".
Men Sinclair Beiles har gjort værket mere læseligt.

En af historierne er den samme som "De 110 piller" af Magnus, hvor Hsi-Meng Cheng også har flere koner og en forsyning af piller, der hurtigt slipper op.

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If the Cut-Up Trilogy was considered of limited interest to readers in the sixties & seventies, 'Minutes To Go' is flat-out obscure. An epistolary collection of ideas & poesy, Gysin's tone is preachy (and, to be honest, a bit of a turn-off), Gregory Corso comes off as reluctant & shrill (protesting the attack on his poetic sensibilities as if protesting physical abuse), Sinclair Beiles is unaccountably gleeful (a child with a new surgical instrument), and Burroughs has become nondescript & inscrutable (having receded into the character of a technician from a hidden star). One is inclined to expect some sort of revelation, but none is forthcoming. All is arch experiment. 'Minutes To Go' is an oddity for the absolutely obsessed.… (más)