Bruce E Weber

The Gates of Paradise Bruce E Weber

When Cornelius Cobb, known to his friends as 'Corny, ' opens a string of brothels staffed entirely by lifelike female robots, he sees it not only as a good business idea, but as a humanitarian venture as well. Lonely men will get their needs met in a safe environment, police will be spared numerous vice raids, and human trafficking will diminish. Right?Poor, naive Corny! Little did he suspect what happens to anyone who upsets the time-honored business relationship that exists between the law, religion, and those who provide succor for the male sex urge. Though his brothels are a roaring success, they incite the rage of the police, civic and religious groups and unemployed sex workers, all of which unite to come down on Cobb like a ton of bricks, threatening not only to destroy his brothels but also threatening his life. To keep his business going and to stay alive, Cobb has only three allies; a militant feminist lawyer, a vicious loan shark, and a local Catholic priest