In ALL THE RAGE, a collection of short stories by A.L. Kennedy, she explores aspects of love and sex that are a bit unusual. In one story a man has an affair with his maid, although the maid seems to be completely disinterested in him other than the sex. In another story, an older man and a younger woman are in a relationship and have a bizarre discussion about his death, which will inevitably take place before his much younger lover.

The funniest story of the collection is entitled "Baby Blue." In this story a woman wanders into a sex shop and has an awkward conversation with the sales person who refuses to leave her alone. The woman in this story swears that she wandered into the shop by accident and can't get out of there fast enough.

The writing in ALL THE RAGE is terse to the point where I had to go back and look at some of the pages of the stories a couple of times to understand what was going on in the narrative. I think this is due to the fact that a lot of the writing is the inner dialogue of characters.

If you want a different and entertaining view of love, then give ALL THE RAGE by A.L. Kennedy a try. At the very least, it will give you a few hardy laughs.