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In 'Willing,' Pursuits of the Flesh for a Flagging Spirit

A journalist goes undercover to take all-expenses-paid, round-the-world sex tour in Scott Spencer's new novel, Willing.

Spencer has written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times and The New Yorker. Willing is his ninth novel; his other books include Endless Love and A Ship Made Out of Paper.

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