Spine Intact, Some Creases

Victor J. Banis, "Spine Intact, Some Creases"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1434402061 | EPUB | pages: 325 | 0.5 mb
A legendary name from the Golden Age of Paperbacks, VICTOR J. BANIS spins a witty and exuberant tale of A Thousand and One Knights, flitting blithely from tale to tail, in one era and out the other. Part autobiography, part a history of the Gay Revolution, part writing manual, part juicy gossip, with a few tasty recipes thrown in for good measure, Spine Intact, Some Creases is a summing up - alternately hilarious and touching, instructive and impassioned, and always entertaining - of the remarkable life and work of a writer hailed by top gay pulp historian Michael Bronski as ?one of my heroes.? ?Banis' memoir provides a poignant history of West Coast paperback publishing in the Sixties, and one author's journey from small beginnings to critical and financial success as a writer - but it's far more than that: witty, elegantly written, funny, sad, smart, and even wise. Every penman-apprentice should read this book - twice!? - Robert Reginald