Tuesday, 8 December 2020

Lakeside Zero - Douglas Enfer

A crime novel of stark realism and razor-edged tension


FLEETWAY THRILLER LIBRARY No. 5
LONDON, UK
1ST PRINTING 1977
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY ROBERT HALE & Co. 1973

He was Sam Bawtry, detective at war with violence

He was Sam Bawtry, not convinced by a clear case of murder

He was Sam Bawtry, and when a teenage gang gate-crashed a private party . . .

He was Sam Bawtry, with the power to dig deep, exposing the raw drive which shapes the actions of criminals - of either sex

Start reading him now

Sunday, 6 December 2020

Teen Temptress - Bart Michaels

 She had the experience of an older woman, the morals of a she-wolf - and a whole high school for her wanton playground.


DOMINO BOOKS 72-743
NEW YORK, USA
1ST PRINTING 1964

MOST LIKELY TO SEX-CEED

At Dorset High, the student body didn't do much studying - but the girl with the best body could go a long way. Patty Neilson - 15 years old, but built like a young Sophia Loren - didn't rate the Honor Society . . . but she knew she had the best, bustiest, most beautiful body available . . .

And she made it available . . . 

To the right boy - or teacher . . . at the right time . . . for the right price . . . Until every male in the school wanted her - and the result was an explosion of passion that rocked not only the school itself, but the entire town.

Friday, 4 December 2020

Light The Dark Streets - C. Kilmer Myers


DOLPHIN BOOKS C193
NEW YORK, USA
1ST PRINTING 1961
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE SEABURY PRESS 1957
COVER DESIGN BY GEORGE GIUSTI
COVER PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF LOOK MAGAZINE

"Light the Dark Streets is written by the [Episcopalian] Vicar of St. Augustine's Chapel, on Henry Street in the heart of New York's Lower East Side. The story Father Myers tells often is not a pleasant one, but it is a compelling one nevertheless. It is the story of a great love of mankind bringing light to an area filled with the darkness of human misery of every kind. It is, of necessity, a personal story, for he has lived and worked closely with those he and his associates are trying to help.

"Henry Street is a slum area, overcrowded, poverty-ridden, and a breeding ground for tensions of all kinds. Yet it is home for nearly a quarter of a million people of all colors, races, and creeds - among them a gang of Negro boys who called themselves the Knights.

"Father Myers tells the individual stories of some of the members of the gang, what they felt, what influences were turning them into lawless rebels, what was done to try to help them, and the measure of success or failure. Among the problems that had to be combated were racial prejudice, sex, dope, poverty, broken homes, fear, and loneliness. He also tells the story of the gang as a unit, what brought it into existence, and the forces which motivated its actions."

-Law and Order

Thursday, 3 December 2020

The Cool World Issue 5


THE COOL WORLD
ISSUE 5
AUSTRIA
2020
30 Copies

A limited printing 32-page A5 fanzine from Austria that features vintage European film programmes from the 1930's to 1990's and sometimes beyond. Text is in English (with film titles in the original country's language as well). Issue 5 came with 2 covers, a Clockwork Orange linocut and a Jayne Mansfield one (pictured) both limited to 15 copies. Heavily leaning to the exploitation genre, it's packed with images from the original programmes and printed in colour! This issue's films include The Leather Boys, Straw Dogs, Tower Of Evil, A Clockwork Orange, Man Bait, Emmanuelle and Lux Interior & Poison Ivy of The Cramps 5 favourite movies! Grab a copy while you can!


 

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Corner Boy - Herbert Simmons

Out of today's screaming headlines, here is the world of jazz and pool halls, crap games and gang warfare, dope pushers and prostitutes - the violent jungle of today's lost youth - the world of Jake Adams

 

DELL BOOKS D245
NEW YORK, USA
1ST PRINTING OCTOBER 1958
COVER ART BY JAMES HILL

THIS 
IS
JAKE ADAMS

He is eighteen years old.

He has a closet full of custom-made suits, a Buick Dynaflow, and all the women he wants.

He pushes dope for The Organization.

He is the "Hero" of this book.

Monday, 30 November 2020

The Cool World - Warren Miller

 "Astonishing . . . a bitter, terrifying tale of our New York jungle."
-N.Y. HERALD TRIBUNE



CREST BOOKS s386
NEW YORK, USA
1ST PRINTING JULY 1960
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN HARDBACK BY LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY 1959

THE JUNGLE

In this shockingly authentic novel, warren Miller has caught the strangeness and wildness of the hopped-up, frenzied world of teenage street gangs. He lets Duke, War Lord of the Crocodiles, tell in his own words how they talk, think, live: what makes them fight . . . what makes them kill.

"When I come walking down the street people say 'Here come Duke. He cool. He got heart.' When they see me strut they know a rumble is on. I swinging with the gang tonight."

"Compared with Duke's 'cool world,' Studs Lonigan's Chicago or Tom Joad's Oklahoma are playgrounds for clergymen's children . . ."
-SATURDAY REVIEW

Saturday, 28 November 2020

The Temple Of Gold - William Goldman

 A stunning novel of a lost generation - angry, rootless, defiant young men and women in a frantic search for fulfilment.



CORGI BOOKS GN969
LONDON, UK
1ST PRINTING 1961
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN HARDBACK BY KNOPF, USA 1957

William Goldman's THE TEMPLE OF GOLD

An angry library trustee wrote to the publishers that THE TEMPLE OF GOLD is a "blue-print for juvenile delinquency", and should be denied space on library shelves. We think he missed the point.

Actually, this enormously exciting, passionate, violent and touching book - - though it admittedly talks about sex with no holds barred, and is packed with scenes that shock and even horrify - - became an overnight, surprise bestseller because it is the truth - - the truth about the most controversial generation, told by one of them.

THE TEMPLE OF GOLD is a whale of a book. It can make you laugh. It can break your heart. It may make you shudder. You may not have the guts to like it. But you'd better read it.

THE EDITORS