Paperback 1102: Monarch 286 (PBO, 1962)
Title: Her Cheating Heart
Author: Lloyd Kevin
Cover artist: Tom Miller
Condition: 7/10
Value: $15
[The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA]
- "C'mon, Joy, we've been over this—quit flashing the neighbors and make me some eggs or something, jeez..."
- Ah yes, her heart. Her cheating heart. This is an incredible painting of her heart. I could look at her heart all day.
- This is actually a great cover—very hard to draw this specific action (woman pulling nightgown over her head) in a way that looks natural, where everything stays proportionate and relative sexiness is maintained.
- Love the perpendicular contrast here: her action to his inaction, her ardor to his ennui. Sadly, those curtains are really killing the vibe. I can practically feel their rough, thick fabric and smell their cigarette mustiness. Between the curtains, the walls, the bedding, and his trousers/pajamas, I feel like I'm drowning in shades of drab. She looks great, the trailer park looks great, everything else looks like despair.
Best things about this back cover:
- Oh cool, it's a Choose Your Own Adventure book!
- Trigg Melnor ... I'm dying. I can't breathe. Trigg... Melnor... Trigg Melnor, ladies and gentlemen. Trigg fucking Melnor. A man's man's man's man's name if there ever was one. What would I do? No, what would Trigg Melnor do? That is the question. That is the only question I will entertain in my life from now on. WWTMD, baby!
- I sorta like this red silhouette, although it takes her from sexy dame to blobby abstraction. Pretty recognizable human silhouette from the waistline down, but above that ... I dunno. Kinda looks like some form of animal life is getting involved. Like there's a koala maybe climbing up the right side, and a small dog (in profile) keeping lookout on the left.
Trigg and the Melnors - great band!
ReplyDeleteI just want to know what “Trigg” is short for. Trigonometry? That’s it, Trigonometry Melnor.
ReplyDeleteAnother great cover. I actually like the contrast between her and all the drabness. But I know what you mean about those curtains; they're like the curtains of every motel room I've ever been in.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure Trigg there should look so bored. Given the situation described on the back, he ought to either be shocked or lustful. There's a lot of stories where boredom would be perfect, but not "being seduced by a friend's wife."
My only problem with the back cover copy is that it's a little awkward. It keeps asking "Would you do A or B?" and then declaring "That's what Trigg Melnor did..." So he did both? I know they're saying he did the latter choice in each case, but it's grammatically dubious. It would work if each choice was split into two sentences, but as is it's a bad pronoun reference.
Your Cheatin' Heart
ReplyDeleteby Hank Williams
Your cheatin' heart will make you weep
You'll cry and cry and try to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
When tears come down like fallin' rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You'll walk the floor the way I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
Your cheatin' heart will pine someday
And crave the love you threw away
The time will come when you'll be blue
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
When tears come down like fallin' rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You'll walk the floor the way I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you