Obelisk: A History of Jack Kahane and the Obelisk Press

Obelisk: A History of Jack Kahane and the Obelisk Press

Obelisk : A History of Jack Kahane and the Obelisk Press



Kahane subsidised his highbrow literary endeavours by pumping out cheap erotica, trash fiction produced by long-forgotten eccentrics like N. Reynolds Packard, the Rome correspondent of the New York Daily News and self-styled Marco Polo of sex. Kahanes business model was simple: any book banned in the UK or US could be published in Paris and at a profit. Obelisk includes a complete bibliography of Obelisk titles, mini-biographies of its authors, and also features the first extensive biographical essay on Jack Kahane himself. This lively and engaging volume part cultural history, part reference book offers a fascinating insight into the poetic illusions and also the commercial realities that drove literary life in 1930s Paris. Obelisk is a publishing event not to be missed by anyone with an interest in twentieth-century literary lives and letters. 'Obelisk, in Pearson's skilled hands, is an entertaining and immensely readable book... full of good colour illustrations and excellent value for money.' Tom Rosenthal, The Independent on Sunday
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SKU SKU5589
ISBN Number 9781846311017
Author Neil Pearson
 
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