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Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer

by Kenneth Patchen · 1948

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Kenneth Patchen's comic masterpiece, Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer first appeared in 1945. The hilarious saga of Alfred Budd of Bivalve, New Jersey - a Candide-like innocent and part-time pornographer, written with what Diane DiPrima called Patchen's "tender silliness" - is sure to inspire a new generation of readers.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of this
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1940s1940sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 242 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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