"The Hardships of Boh-del"i is a book replete with explicit sex and pornography. While it gently but firmly offers hope to the sexually obsessed, it hammers "Spike" into the sources of sexual repression. Boh-deli offers a here-to-fore unseen window into the world of strip bars and strippers. Furthermore, be prepared to experience the drama and danger of a bipolar Boh-deli lost in Washington D.C., where our protaganist's only salvation is a slim bar of soap, an unlocked bathroom and a sperm-coated threadbare towel. Expect the hyperbolically bizarre, a rare no-holds-barred expose at the human and inhumane aspects of mental illness and the mental illness industry. In "The Hardships of Boh-deli," chapters appear in narrative form. They are bound together by the misfortunes of a man, family, brothers, and society's victims. These victims come alive in a sweetness that balances the pathetic and the humorous. Never has Meatloaf tasted so good nor a wedding ring fit so true.