CORRUPTION
by Finchley, Peter
- Used
- Condition
- Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Continental Classics, 1968. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good. 160 pp. A pornographic novel. Introduction by Allan Saunders, MA. The text of the main story appears in a different typeface, which suggests that this is a photo-reprint of a previously published work, quite likely French in origin. Saunders notes: "'Corruption' is another of the recently liberated 'avant-garde' novels written and published abroad, which were arbitraily classified as obscene and banned in Paris and London.... Among the sexual aberratiions and perversions described with complete frankness are rape, copulation between humans and animals, necrophilia or intercourse with corpses and host of other psychological curiousa... Peter Finchley.. alos won wide notoriety when he confessed that the use of hallucinogens such as peyote, marijuana and LSD were of considerable help to him as a writer." The text itself begins: "The village nestled against the rocky coastline. Truly a wooden sign-post, tilting its frame at the beginning of the one and only street, informed you that you were entering Campobianco [...]. CC128.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alta-Glamour Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13283
- Title
- CORRUPTION
- Author
- Finchley, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Continental Classics
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
Alta-Glamour Inc.
Return within 30 days for refund if not as described. Will work with you to your full satisfaction.
About the Seller
Alta-Glamour Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Seattle, Washington
About Alta-Glamour Inc.
Purveyor of the finest collection of all aspects of sexology and erotica, including vintage, men's magazines, censorship and pornography, gay and lesbian, transgender, pseudo-science, medical, psychological, instructional, and much more.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.