A MAGNIFICENT NOVEL OF BLOOD LUSTS AND ANIMAL PASSIONS IN A PRIMATE SOCIETY He wanted a woman... Harg returned from the hunt. His naked body was painted with bright colors and adorned with shells and the bones of animals. He had drunk fully of the blood of the animal he had killed and now the animal's warmth and power surged within him. He felt hungry for a woman and turned to Memes—tall, broad of hip, with a full, voluptuous bosom—and he led her into the cave. She did not resist. He embraced her violently. His breathing sounded as if he were strangling. The others turned from their work to watch.... THE GOLDEN ROOMS is a vivid and startling portrayal of the strange world of the brute man, his sexual urges and dark blood lusts, and his elemental need to satisfy them. "An absorbing narrative. A great contribution to the imaginative literature of our day."—Saturday Review of Literature