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The Trials of Hank Janson Paperback – 6 September 2023

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A perfect storm of paper shortages and fly-by-night publishers in the years after World War II led to a boom in cheaply produced American-style hard-boiled crime fiction. Hank Janson, dubbed the 'Best of Tough Gangster Authors' — in truth a south London former shipping clerk turned publisher — sold five million copies of his novels to a public who craved excitement and escapism in Hank's violent, sexually charged world.

The courts took a more damning view, destroying hundreds of thousands of paperbacks and magazines that were judged to be obscene. Janson's novels, with their voluptuous pin-up covers, were a regular target, but requests for guidance from authorities went unanswered. Then, Janson's publisher and distributor were arrested, tried and jailed.

This is the story of Hank Janson, of his creator Stephen D. Frances, and how, out of the ashes of destruction orders levelled at cheap gangster novels, the Obscene Publications Act was reformed.
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    318 pages
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    6 September 2023
  4. Dimensions
    15.24 x 2.03 x 22.86 cm
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    979-8858380924
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CHGH2CYS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 6 September 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 318 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8858380924
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 472 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 2.03 x 22.86 cm
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Steve Holland has been a freelance author and editor for over twenty years. He began writing seriously in the mid-1980s and went full time in 1990 since when he has had over 1,500 articles published and written or edited over 50 books. An expert on British comics and pulp paperbacks, he has appeared numerous times on radio and television. His The Mushroom Jungle was nominated for an Anthony award at Bouchercon and The Trials of Hank Janson was a runner-up for the Crime Writers' Association's Silver Dagger Award for non-fiction. He is an avid blogger, posting at Bear Alley. Since 2011 he has published a range of books through his Bear Alley Books imprint, ranging from reprints of and indexes to classic comics to biographies and reprints of classic thrillers.

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