| December 19, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Signing with author Stephen J Gertz.
Lurid covers, often gloriously bad writing, outlandish misinformation … what’s not to love?
Throughout the 20th century, book publishers exploited our secret desire to escape social straitjackets and succumb to a world of irresponsibility and total sensation. Dope Menace unleashes these demonic angels again for a wicked curtain call.
“Dope Menace is a time-travelers’ dream trip to the 1950s newsstand. This invaluable introduction to drug- and sex-fueled literature is heady yet sobering: a reminder of the impact these books once had, on both the avid readers of cheap paperbacks and on the indignant crusaders against such pulps.” — Barbara Hodgson, author of Opium: A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon