Paperback 1165: Avon T-093 (3rd ptg, 1955)
Title: What D'Ya Know For Sure?
Author: Len Zinberg
Cover artist: [George Ziel]
Condition: 3/10
Value: $2?
- "Who's got one thumb and no idea how to control his emotions? This guy!"
- "Did you run over my book with your car and then try to tape it back together? Did You!?" (this may be the worst-condition still-fully-intact book in my collection)
- Poor lady. She's got extreme "Sir, this is an Arby's" face.
- Avon first published this book as Strange Desires, and yeah, she definitely looks like she wants nothing to do with his strange desires.
- Not a big fan of the implied domestic violence here, but that dude's expression is an all-timer.
Best things about this back cover:
- "Here is the Hollywood of WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN—the writing quality of WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN, sorry, we don't got none of that."
- Side effects of reading this book may include frantic bedlam of the underside ...
- "Full of awareness" LOL wot? "After reading this book, I am aware ... that it sucks."
Page 123~
Joe was busy changing into a sport shirt. His body was hog-fat with age.
Side effects of aging may include hog-fat ...
~RP
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The worst-condition still-fully-intact book and the book with the most ridiculous title.
ReplyDeleteThere's something cartoonish about the guy's face that's undermining the vibe. She's great, although it does look like her hair is caught in whatever it is she's backed up against. But I just can't take him seriously.
ReplyDeleteAlso, what's going on with his wrist and forearm? Maybe it's just age and/or damage, but it looks like he's got scales.
They give a credit for that crap photo of the illustrious Len Zinberg and his pipe but not for the cover art? Feh. And it's 'Whaddya', surely.
ReplyDelete"A 20th Century- Fox Literary Fellowhsip novel", according to 'The Hollywood Novel', whatever THAT means.
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