From a Seaside Town Norman Levine London: Macmillan, 1970 |
Challenge: Draw attention to a neglected, critically acclaimed novel by a neglected, critically acclaimed writer.
Solution: Title change. Bare breasts.
Don Mills, ON: Paperjacks, 1975 |
Did it work? The copy pictured above is the only one I've ever come across.
Subsequent editions – much more common – follow Macmillan's example.
Ottawa: Deneau & Greenberg, 1980 |
Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, 1993 |
The alternate title explained:
Paperjacks, you bawdy rascals!
ReplyDeleteI do miss them... at least my 13-year-old self does.
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