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Fanny Merkin
Fanny Merkin lives in a Beverly Hills mansion purchased using the embarrassingly large advance she received for "Fifty Shames of Earl Grey." She is a former Walmart employee who writes under the pseudonym, "Andrew Shaffer," for publications as diverse as Mental Floss and Maxim. Visit him at... show more

Fanny Merkin lives in a Beverly Hills mansion purchased using the embarrassingly large advance she received for "Fifty Shames of Earl Grey." She is a former Walmart employee who writes under the pseudonym, "Andrew Shaffer," for publications as diverse as Mental Floss and Maxim. Visit him at www.thismerkinlife.com.
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Sassafrass
Sassafrass rated it 8 years ago
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey - Andrew Shaffer, Fanny Merkin *3 STARS* So yeah, I just finished that. It was amusing but not so much laugh out loud funny. I got the tongue-in-cheekness of it, and I am not so stuck in the mud that I can't appreciate the utterly ridiculousness of that the genre I l...
lorenalee
lorenalee rated it 10 years ago
AT ONCE, Earl Grey’s mouth is upon me. His arms crawl up the back of my robe as his tongue penetrates my lips. Our mouths create an airtight seal, and our tongues battle it out for supremacy. His is the more dominant tongue; I let my tongue go limp and submit fully to Earl Grey. For the first time i...
Linz Loves Romance
Linz Loves Romance rated it 11 years ago
So, so, so funny! This is a parody of Fifty Shades of Grey and it was hilarious. Andrew Shaffer covers Earl Grey/Edward's ridiculous hotness and stalker qualities and Anna/Bella's insipid, sheltered, flightiness. Here's a tidbit: "Bend over the bed," Earl commands. He has changed from his NASCAR...
Bambbles Rambles
Bambbles Rambles rated it 11 years ago
I have never read 50 Shades. I've heard a lot about it and realized quite quickly through some snippets that this was not a book for me. That said, I am sort of obsessed with the phenomenon of FSoG and have read a few reviews, followed a lot of romance community's opinion and listened to one hilario...
rtm
rtm rated it 11 years ago
This was a ridiculous yet entertaining parody of Fifty Shades of Grey. The title, the cover, and the author's nom de plume are all allusive indicators of the type of humor found in this book. My only problem is with this type of humor, the length of it (even though it's not long) made it a struggle...
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