--- product_id: 9820137 title: "- Back Passage" brand: "james lear" price: "€ 46.45" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/9820137-back-passage store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # - Back Passage **Brand:** james lear **Price:** € 46.45 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** - Back Passage by james lear - **How much does it cost?** € 46.45 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/9820137-back-passage) ## Best For - james lear enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted james lear brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![- Back Passage - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Qszvw7tlL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ The gay Agathat Christie? Somehow I don't think so. 3.5 stars. *by R***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 29, 2014* I really wanted to love this book. I read (listened to, really) it mainly for the following reasons:A. The naked dude on the coverB. Marshall Thornton gave it 5 stars.C. Mary Calmes also gave it 5 stars, but somehow I take that less seriously. Sorry, Mary, you're still my favorite I-need-it-like-crack author!D. If that guy on the cover moves his leg...just a smidge...I could totally see his peen.Also, though I love any type of novel that involves a cop or a PI,the slew of uber-staight-detectives whose overwhelming pheromones cause women to roll back on their heels, offering up the flower of their womanhood with little to no thought, exhausts me. (Yes, I too, would have that reaction -- show me a damaged man & I'll show him a good time, oh baby! -- but I find it massively annoying in my fictional sisterhood.)I picked this book up because I felt it only fair to read about a gay amateur sleuth (Mitch) who inspires the same reaction in men. And holy crap did this guy get a lot of butt (I mean that literally). I really wish I had kept track of all his conquests in ONLY 2 days. It would be impressive. If you read this book, please keep a tally, cause I'd like to know.Speaking of which, I think a sociological/mathematical study should be done of this (fictional) small British hamlet. I mean, how likely is it that so many men in such a small area are either gay or looking for Mitch to come along to show them the joy of their own anus? Not that this book should be read for its true to life qualities -- oh, no -- but I would like to see some research in this area.I'd also like to know more about lube in 1920s England. My extensive internet research (Google) tells me that Vaseline was first mentioned in 1876. What about olive oil? And wasn't castor oil popular then? My point is that everybody was using spittle in this book.Um, ow.James Lear does know how turn a phrase, though:"They would not trick me so easily again, not even with slim white bodies and man-eating anuses.""Premature baldness combined with heavy beard growth always seems to me to indicate a prodigious, unfussy sexual appetite.""How many more times would I have to thrust my way up & down that dark, dank tunnel..."Very funny stuff, but, and I never thought I'd say this, I was completely bored with the sex scenes about 50% through. They were extremely hot, but it was enough already.5 stars for the fap material.2 stars for the rest of the book (which I can't even remember). ### ⭐⭐⭐ Mystery And Erotica Are Oil And Vinegar *by L***G on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 15, 2011* Have to say I was left somewhat unimpressed with this on the basis of the main character's sexual exploits - I expected full out explicit porn and that in and of itself is not my gripe. The sex scenes were well done and duly hot, but after a while a pattern started to emerge that only dampened them...The story began to predictably unfold with a small portion of the mystery being divulged, only to go straight into a sex scene whenever a suspect or potential ally came into the picture. Most of it was relevant to the plot, although whenever Mitch wants answers from an unwilling confederate... you got it. Cue sex scene. And it was almost all casual sex, which again, I don't really mind, but an entire book based around that was sort of off-putting for me. I did have hopes there would be some romance with "Boy" Morgan to balance it all out, but what little there was devoted to that didn't seem too fulfilling after Mitch goes on throughout about how he wants something more with "Boy". In that regard, I was disappointed.The mystery was actually fairly good, and I found myself getting interested in the whodunit more than the porn, at times. But I felt like my attention was being jerked around with that pattern of porn/mystery/porn/mystery, etc. It would have been less annoying if the porn was spaced out better because honestly, the two didn't mix very well. So, you find yourself genuinely wondering what happens next and - WHAM - you're smacked out of the story by the porn. Which again, was very casual, and with so many instances of it just didn't do it for me after a while. Not to mention it was ridiculously unbelievable that a man could perform that many times in one day.The end result of all this was that I just got bored with both mystery and smut, and was just reading to finish it, not because I actually cared what happened next. This book did have its good points, was witty and had an original, fairly well done plot, but that wasn't enough to keep it afloat and because of that, I can't recommend it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Upstairs, Downstairs and a Back Passage *by F***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 21, 2006* When this little mystery novel opens, Edward Mitchell, a Bostonian pursuing postgraduate studies at Cambridge University, finds himself in a steamy (in more ways than one) closet under the stairs of Drekeham Hall, "a stone's throw from the crumbly cliffs of the north Norfolk coast," with his best friend Harry "Boy" Morgan who has invited him down to meet the English upper class family of his fiancee Belinda Eagle. Although the ostensibly straight, sexy Morgan is engaged to be married, Mitchell wastes no time in his pursuit to bed him. Since this is a murder mystery, someone has to get killed quickly; and he does, a guest named Reg Walworth. Sir James Eagle, MP, Belinda's father, has his servant Meeks arrested for the murder.Mitchell is addicted to detective fiction; he reads Conan Doyle (his favorite), G. K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins and a "new writer of promise," Agatha Christie (the novel is set in 1925). He apparently has read Oscar Wilde as well. Of course what this randy young American likes even more than solving real live murders (even though he eventually gets around to solving them), however, is sex with any male that moves. In addition to his trysts with "Boy" Morgan, Mitchell makes it with Sir James Eagle's brother, Leonard, "vampirelike, beautiful, just this side of effeminate," and Officer Shipton, a naive country police officer, et al.What we have in this novel is at once a comedy of manners pitting the British upper classes against the servant class, a first class murder mystery with the obligatory plot twists and turns and a hooty piece of erotica that is guaranteed to warm the cockles of your heart on a bleak winter evening. I'd also like to have the Eagle family's recipe for rhubarb crumble. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/9820137-back-passage](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/9820137-back-passage) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-10-15*