Marie Claire Australia September 2017

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For some catharsis,

Morton created a podcast

with his friends called

My Dad Wrote A Porno,

in which they read

excerpts from the

books (written under

the pseudonym Rocky

Flinstone). Fifty million

downloads later, Morton

has taken the story to

the road, with the live

incarnation of the series

heading to Australia this

month. We have a lot of

questions ...

TIN MAN

by Sarah Winman

(Hachette, $29.99)

Ellis and Michael have been best

friends since they were 12 – and

then, one day, they became more.

An emotionally devastating novel

from the acclaimed British

author. Out now

THE INAUGURAL

MEETING OF THE

FAIRVALE LADIES

BOOK CLUB

by Sophie Green

(Hachette, $29.99)

A love of reading unites five very

different women in the remote

Northern Territory. Out now

THE TWILIGHT

WIFE

by A.J. Banner

(Simon & Schuster, $29.99)

Kyra has no memory of the past

four years – the result of a diving

accident. But what if her memory

loss has a more sinister cause?

A truly thrilling novel. Out now

TABOO

by Kim Scott

(Picador, $32.99)

In this novel by the two-time

Miles Franklin Literary award-

winner, a group of Noongar

people revisit a site where a

massacre of their forebears

took place. Out now

Get lost in

a novel this

month with

one of our

top picks

BOOK

CLUB

OF THE

BEST

4

AFTER READING THE

BOOKS, HOW LONG

WAS IT BEFORE YOU

COULD LOOK AT

YOUR DAD AGAIN?

It’s been quite a journey,

and truthfully, there are still

moments I struggle to look

him in the eye.

HOW DID YOUR MUM

REACT TO YOUR

DAD’S ALTER EGO?

She’s had to implement

strict rules with Rocky. For

example, he can only write

in the garden shed, or

“pavilion” as he calls it.

WHAT IS THE MOST

HORRIFIC LINE

YOU’VE READ?

The end of Season 2 has

been the roughest. The

phallically challenged

Texan billionaire Jim

Stirling had a dodgy penis

enhancement. There was

blue semen and flaking

skin. Some of it even got

stuck in poor Belinda’s teeth

as she was going down on

him. I apologise to everyone

who had to endure it.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE

“VAGINAL LIDS”?

For the longest time

I convinced myself that

“vaginal lids” was just a

typo. He must have meant

“lips”. Right? Surely.

Then, a few chapters later

these pesky lids pop up

(or open) again and I had

to just shake my head in

disbelief. My guess is

as good as yours.

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How would you react if your dad wrote a porno?
Jamie Morton felt “horror, disgust and
disbelief ” when his 60-year-old dad penned a
series of erotic novels called
Belinda Blinked
“I think Gal Gadot would kill it
as Belinda [in a film adaptation of
the books]. After all, Dad’s heroine is
somewhat of a wonder woman herself ”
ROCKY HAS A
PENCHANT FOR
COMPARING BREASTS
TO ROUND FRUIT,
WRITING, “HER TITS
HUNG FREELY LIKE
POMEGRANATES.”
HAVE YOU BEEN
ABLE TO EAT A
POMEGRANATE
SINCE?
Funnily enough I have
avoided pomegranate
like the plague ever since
I opened my dad’s magnum
opus. Thankfully I was
never a huge fan, but now,
whenever I see it sprinkled
on some hummus, I just
think “that’s so, so wrong”.
Bananas are [also] out,
zucchini, even eggplant.
My Dad Wrote A Porno Live
tours Australia from August
17; visit livenation.com.au.
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