Category Archives: Pulp Friday

Pulp Friday: Trashing

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Andrew Nette| Leave a comment

“Gentle Ann in the clutches of a stone-freak revolutionary mad mob.” A lot of the books we consider radical or counter cultural pulp fiction where written by people who, in reality, had nothing to with the actual scene but just … Continue reading →

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Pulp Friday: The Deadly Prey

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Andrew Nette| Leave a comment

“A sadistic maniac was developing a deadly virus by using children as guinea pigs.” Vigilantes were one of the key themes of the muscular over the top world of seventies pulp fiction. And one of the biggest, meanest and weirdest of … Continue reading →

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Pulp Friday: The Smashers

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Andrew Nette| 2 Comments

“A novel of The Organisation – girls, horses, dope, murder.” Regular readers will be familiar by now with my admiration for the late Donald Westlake. Westlake was the hard boiled writer’s hard-boiled crime writer, having penned numerous books over his career, … Continue reading →

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Pulp Friday: Sinquake

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Andrew Nette| Leave a comment

“Mike Brand’s most sinister adversary – Cyn Boudin, high priestess with a lust for power.”  Today’s Pulp Friday offering is a wonderful piece of forgotten Australian pulp, Sinquake by Gene Janes. Sinquake was produced by little known local pulp publisher … Continue reading →

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Pulp Friday: Sin a la Carte

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Andrew Nette| 4 Comments

“Loaded with money – starved for sex – and her favorite dish was Sin a l Carte. The story of a summer hotel that gave women what they wanted – for a price.” When it comes to quality sleaze pulp … Continue reading →

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