The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer by Kenneth Patchen
PATCHEN, Kenneth. The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer. London, The Gray Walls Press, 1948.
First UK edition, rarer than the American, of Patchen’s second experimental novel, in the striking psychedelic dust-jacket.
Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer recounts the comedic adventures of Budd, a shy man who accidentally writes a work of pornography, leading him into a series of absurd social situations. American poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat Generation; in this novel, he directs his satirical lens towards society, cultural production, and genres, satirising the failure of culture to generate meaning.
Octavo, pp. 235, [1]; near fine in publisher’s black cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket, unclipped (slight lean to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, a few tiny nicks to jacket).
PATCHEN, Kenneth. The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer. London, The Gray Walls Press, 1948.
First UK edition, rarer than the American, of Patchen’s second experimental novel, in the striking psychedelic dust-jacket.
Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer recounts the comedic adventures of Budd, a shy man who accidentally writes a work of pornography, leading him into a series of absurd social situations. American poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat Generation; in this novel, he directs his satirical lens towards society, cultural production, and genres, satirising the failure of culture to generate meaning.
Octavo, pp. 235, [1]; near fine in publisher’s black cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket, unclipped (slight lean to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, a few tiny nicks to jacket).
PATCHEN, Kenneth. The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer. London, The Gray Walls Press, 1948.
First UK edition, rarer than the American, of Patchen’s second experimental novel, in the striking psychedelic dust-jacket.
Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer recounts the comedic adventures of Budd, a shy man who accidentally writes a work of pornography, leading him into a series of absurd social situations. American poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat Generation; in this novel, he directs his satirical lens towards society, cultural production, and genres, satirising the failure of culture to generate meaning.
Octavo, pp. 235, [1]; near fine in publisher’s black cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket, unclipped (slight lean to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, a few tiny nicks to jacket).