
Tete-Beche Trivia: Did you know that William S. Burroughs' Junkie was first published in a tete-beche edition, with a 1941 novel called Narcotic Agent, by the marvelously named Maurice Helbrant? Well it was, and here's the proof.
A site dedicated to the appreciation of vintage gay pulp novels that parses the hidden history of throwaway smut, underground literature and pulp provocations that paved the way for mainstream novelists ranging from Dennis Cooper to Bruce Benderson. Look for the first publication from 120 Days Books -- a tete-beche (two-in-one) reissue of adults-only thrillers Man Eater and Night of the Sadist -- in late 2012.
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