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Ernest Hemingway

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David and Catherine Bourne are on an extended European honeymoon, traveling freely long the Mediterranean coast of France and into Spain. The idyllic vacation is interrupted first by Catherine's sexual role-playing. David cooperates, although it makes him uncomfortable. When Catherine picks up a girl in Cannes, she makes it clear that she expects both of them to make love to the new girl. At Catherine's instigation, David has sex with Marita...

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