Title: The Amboy Dukes
Author: Irving Shulman
Cover artist: Ann Cantor
Condition: 7/10
Value: $25-30
[Another book from the recently acquired Larry D Collection]
Best things about this cover:
- A Wayward Youth Grows in Brooklyn
- Ooh, I did not know there was a movie tie-in variant cover for this (very famous) JD novel. Oddly thrilling. I mean, not as thrilling as my man's gaudy and shockingly wide tie, but thrilling nonetheless.
- Her eyebrows and his spit curl are Just So. Mwah. Perfect. Great hats, great attitude, just great all around.
- Drew Pearson! Oh sure, I know him, he's a ... [squints] ... noted commentator. Wow. That's a job title right there [runs off to update business cards]
Best things about this back cover:
- "Oh Frankie" "Oh Betty" [swelling music, heaving bosoms, sloppy kissing noises]
- "Frankie and Betty / Were sick of spaghetti / By the summer of seventy-five // They were tired and cold / They were 50 years old / They were barely alive" (thank you for coming to my Billy Joel tribute concert)
- I do like how they give the whole damn cover, edge to edge, over to this dramatically lit picture. I guess this is to prove that the movie is real and not just some weird marketing ploy.
Page 123~
"I love you, Frankie," Betty was hoarse with passion.
"Will you ever leave me?" whinnied Frankie. "Neigh," hoarsed Betty.
~RP
P.S. I am so happy to be writing this blog regularly again. I do not care at all if the blog ever has a lot of readers, but I would like it to find its audience. Its weirdo niche. So if you ever wanted to hype it, in any way, to your nerdy friends, that would be rad. Thanks. Oh, and comments welcome. I love hearing what you all think of the books. XO
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