Good Bits

Most lives contain a handful of unforgettable encounters. But most are forgotten, distorted, embellished or reduced to bar chat. These weren't. Drawing on diaries, letters and photographs as well as memory, Good Bits is a collection of real-life intimate encounters preserved with unusual clarity by an ordinary man with a lifelong habit of recording life as it happened. Jamie Duncan looks back on the moments that shaped him; the yoga teacher who introduced him to Tantra sex and enlightenment; the wild English research student who ran naked around him on an empty beach; the surfer whose feminine touch became dangerously addictive; the escort who seemed to understand men better than they understood themselves; and the relationships that blurred the line between intimacy, fantasy, memory, and reality. Neither conventional autobiography nor erotic confession alone, Good Bits is a reflective exploration of human connection, curiosity, emotional energy and the moments that stay with us long after they are over. For readers who enjoy authentic memoir, relationships, psychology and the complexities of attraction, Good Bits offers a rare and compelling male perspective.