The Man Who Wrote Dirty Books

This the comic novel, told in epistolary fashion as a sequence of exchanged letters, presents pornographer "Guy LaDouche" retreating to the wilderness with the hope of solitude and concentration to write his next book under a looming deadline. Instead of peace, he finds harassment and distraction from his publisher, his old girlfriend and an angry father convinced that LaDouche's last novel, featuring a genuine nymphomaniac, was based on the man's daughter. Soon, the author finds his quiet getaway plan beset by a lawsuit and investigation by the FBI and local sheriff. Clever, sarcastic and, at times, over-the-top absurd, THE MAN WHO WROTE DIRTY BOOKS has been delighting readers since its first publication in 1964. "Really funny" --The New York Times ""There is a superabundance of owlishly solemn writers in America, but very few with the comic talents of Hal Dresner"" --Chicago News Hal Dresner has written teleplays (for NIGHT GALLERY, M*A*S*H and THE HARVEY KORMAN SHOW), screenplays (CATCH 22, THE EIGER SANCTION and ZORRO, THE GAY BLADE) and short stories (Many collected in various Alfred Hitchcock anthologies. He has also co-written, under a pseudonym, several soft-core erotic novels. Most of his work has humorous elements and he was widely acclaimed for his comic novel, THE MAN WHO WROTE DIRTY BOOKS.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 09/16/2014
ISBN: 9781497644939
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d