Cover of Sin-A-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties

Sin-A-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties

"What most distinguished these paperbacks wasn't their narratives but their frequently amazing covers, swashes of erotic eye-candy that, as surely as a Warhol soupcan, now define an era. And so the emphasis in this first-rate celebration is on the covers, with hundreds reproduced in what looks like accurate (i.e., soul-shocking) color."—Publishers Weekly

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 268 pages

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