{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-not-altogether-shy-pornographer-selected-and-introduced-by-jonathan-lethem-paperback","title":"Memoirs of a Not Altogether Shy Pornographer: Selected and Introduced by Jonathan Lethem - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernard Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this funny and telling portrait of the artist as a young pornographer, Bernard Wolfe chronicles his own unlikely entrance into the world of letters. The year was 1936, and Depression laden America had no great need for a Yale Phi Bete whose primary talent was for words. After working variously as a secretary-bodyguard for Leon Trotsky in Mexico, a cataloger of the Irving Fisher papers, and a hopelessly inept drill-grinder, Wolfe landed his first professional writing job: turning out piecework porn at $2.00 a page for an Oklahoma millionaire. He credited his pornographic efforts with teaching him to write to specified lengths while facing deadlines: \"I acquired the work discipline of a professional writer, capable of a solid daily output.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernard Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-1985), dramatist, television writer, and novelist graduated from Yale in 1935 and after service in WWII worked briefly as secretary and bodyguard to Leon Trotsky during the revolutionary's exile in Mexico (he was off-duty at the time Trotsky got plugged) before settling in New York to become a writer. Among his many books are the novels \u003ci\u003eLimbo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Late Risers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Deep\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Prince Died\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Magic of Singing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLogan's Gone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLies\u003c\/i\u003e; the short story collection \u003ci\u003eMove Up, Dress Up, Drink Up, Burn Up\u003c\/i\u003e and the influential jazz memoir \u003ci\u003eReally the Blues with Mezz Mezzrow\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven novels including \u003ci\u003eFortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named Novel of the Year by \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e and won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Salon Book Award, as well as the Macallan Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger. He has also written two short story collections, a novella and a collection of essays, edited \u003ci\u003eThe Vintage Book of Amnesia\u003c\/i\u003e, guest-edited \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best Music Writing 2002\u003c\/i\u003e, and was the founding fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. His writings have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e and many other periodicals. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53300990574899,"sku":"9781940436265","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/7EO2pvM4h_9781940436265.webp?v=1777501327","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/memoirs-of-a-not-altogether-shy-pornographer-selected-and-introduced-by-jonathan-lethem-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}