This cover might not exactly be much of a landmark in the internet’s grand archive of scanned pulp, but old smut paperbacks are such a rarity in UK bookshops that even finding one as generic as this is a bit of a thrill.
(Going on anecdotal evidence, I don’t think there was much of a market for ‘em in this country, outside of import copies in sex shops and the like, whereas in America they seemed to have made the transition to newsstands, regular bookstores etc.)
Yep - needless capitals, “FORBIDDEN WORLD”, grubby cheesecake photo – is this the archetypal lesbian sleaze paperback or what?
More info on the redoubtable ‘Orrie Hitt’, who put his kids through college writing hits like “Torrid Wench” and “Hot Cargo”, can be found here.
1 comment:
Fantastic find, Ben. There is such a dedication to the seediness, isn't there? Great stuff.
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