Stephan Niederwieser is definitely someone I'd like to meet and invite to a dinner party. His droll, clever, sometimes outrageous, always consistent humor totally annihilates any comparison of this book to a scholarly tome or classroom text, yet the information is there and deftly imparted to anyone who may not be familiar with the actual pleasures to be experienced via their physical toybox. Even as a life-long veteran of anal sex, there were a few tidbits of information I'd either not known about or had let slip to the back of my mind. In general, though, for me the book was entertaining, hilarious, unpredictable, even vulgar -- but in the most amusing sort of way. Some of the potential hazards and even likelihoods that Niederwieser bluntly comments upon might create a "cringe factor," which novitiates to anal stimulation or those still in the fantasizing phase might use as an excuse to avoid exploring this aspect of their bodies' pleasure centers forever. If carefully read from cover to cover, however, Niederwieser addresses nearly all of the possible negative occurrences, along with the nearly unavoidable negative programming and alarming ramifications many must endure in order to experience anal sex for the first time. He then suggests the most practical and up-to-date manners of avoiding or dealing with these possible occurrences, which should set most un-hopelessly neurotic minds at rest. And once mastered (usually after the second, perhaps the third, encounter -- after that it's all about perfecting one's technique), think of the possibilities, the potential, the opportunities to double, triple, or more, one's pleasure?! I recommend the book to all, not just those needing a kick-start into the world of anal exploration and enjoyment.