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COLLINS, RONALD K.L & SKOVER, DAVID M: : THE TRIALS OF LENNY BRUCE: The Fall and Rise of an American Icon

USA.NAPERVILLE,ILLINOIS.SOURCEBOOKS,INC.,2002.

ISBN 1570719861.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj+CD,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj, CD unopened.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject b/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj,b/w+silver lettering; with neligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - as new.Bright,unblemished,black paper-covered boards,grey paper blind spine with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters and immaculate plain,black endpapers.Unopened,cardboard case with CD,glued to front pastedown.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine - an unread copy? US,8vo HB+dw/dj+ CD,1st edn,viii-xpp+4-562pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,note about the audio (CD),CD track listing,prologue,11 chapters,epilogue,16pp b/w contemporary photographs between pp244/45,appendices (A+B),notes,a bibliography,an index, credits,acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 1pp notes about the author to rear. LENNY BRUCE's words had the power to provoke laughter and debate - as well as shock and outrage. It was the force of his voice that would place him on the wrong side of the law in San Francisco, Los Angeles,Chicago and New York.Lenny committed his life to telling the truth.But the truth he told infuriated those in power,and authorities in the largest,most progressive cities in the country worked relentlessly to put him in jail.To them,Lenny's words were filthy, depraved.But to his fans - the hip,the discontented,the fringe - his words were not only sharp and hilarious,they were a light in the dark to the repressed society of the early 1960's. Lenny's battles were fought on stage and in the courtroom - against cops in San Francisco and L.A. who took notes at his performances,against judges in Chicago and against a prosecutor in New York with a zeal to bring the comedian down.Lenny also fought his addiction to heroin and,at times,his own lawyers.And there were those who never stopped fighting for Lenny - people like Steve Allen,Phil Spector and William Kunstler. To better understand the power of Lenny's performances,the authors have compiled an audio CD of the routines that got him in trouble,as well as interviews with his defenders and prosecutors,and his friends and followers, including George Carlin, Hugh Hefner and Margaret Cho. The first carefully documented account of Lenny Bruce's career and free speech struggles,'The Trials of Lenny Bruce' paints a vivid,shocking,hilarious and tragic portrait of a man too honest for his time.The one-hour CD,narrated by NAT HENTOFF (a friend,and witness for Lenny,in the New York trial) features Lenny Bruce performances (including ones for which he was busted),notorious routines,including "Religions,Inc.", "Blah Blah Blah", "Thank You Mask Man" and " Las Vegas Tits and Ass"; interviews with George Carlin,Hugh Hefner,Margaret Cho and others,excerpts from Lenny's never-before-released secret tapes of his New York obscenity trial. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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