If you ever see Halberstam's book at a yard sale for a
quarter, save
yourself a quarter unless you need kindling.
Back to the hardboiled theme, I find it interesting that
there was so
much less thematic censorship by the paperback publishing
houses than
there was in the visual media and radio. Given the enormous
circulation
of Gold Medals and other paperback imprints, one can hardly
say that
only a tiny minority read them. Yet they largely escaped the
censorship
curse.
Regards,
MT
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