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'Gretel Pinniger, dominatrix, fetishist, artist, and courtesan to the rich and famous has been shocking and outraging Australia for decades. Never shy of publicity, this introverted daughter of a handsome war hero from the Melbourne establishment once wanted to become a nun.
'Instead, she threw her leather-clad body into a world of sex, drugs and riotous parties. She danced with Elton John, catered to Clyde Packer's more creative sexual fantasies and was supported by a fabulously wealthy patron, who bequeathed her a generous allowance so long as his name was never disclosed by her.
Despite marrying and becoming a mother, there is nothing ordinary about the outlandish Gretel Pinniger. Join Sam Everingham as he takes you into the colourful reality of Australia's most misunderstood eccentric. This is a portrait as revealing, provocative and outrageous as Madam Lash herself.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication:
To Gretel
For taking me to the outer reaches of your spirit.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Different Strokes, Different Blokes
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 18 July 2010; (p. 13)
— Review of Madam Lash : Gretel Pinniger's Scandalous Life of Sex, Art and Bondage 2010 single work biography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 July 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of Madam Lash : Gretel Pinniger's Scandalous Life of Sex, Art and Bondage 2010 single work biography ; The Second-Best Job in the World : The Extraordinary Adventures of an ABC Cameraman 2010 single work autobiography ; Sunday's Kitchen : Food and Living at Heide 2010 single work prose -
Non-Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 June 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Madam Lash : Gretel Pinniger's Scandalous Life of Sex, Art and Bondage 2010 single work biography ; Detritus : Addressing Culture and the Arts 2010 selected work prose -
The Life of Lash
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 June 2010; (p. 4-5) -
Whipped into a Frenzy
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury Weekender , 12 - 13 June 2010; (p. 24)
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Non-Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 June 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Madam Lash : Gretel Pinniger's Scandalous Life of Sex, Art and Bondage 2010 single work biography ; Detritus : Addressing Culture and the Arts 2010 selected work prose -
In Short : Nonfiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 July 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of Madam Lash : Gretel Pinniger's Scandalous Life of Sex, Art and Bondage 2010 single work biography ; The Second-Best Job in the World : The Extraordinary Adventures of an ABC Cameraman 2010 single work autobiography ; Sunday's Kitchen : Food and Living at Heide 2010 single work prose -
Different Strokes, Different Blokes
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 18 July 2010; (p. 13)
— Review of Madam Lash : Gretel Pinniger's Scandalous Life of Sex, Art and Bondage 2010 single work biography -
Whipped into a Frenzy
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury Weekender , 12 - 13 June 2010; (p. 24) -
The Life of Lash
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 June 2010; (p. 4-5)