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  • Memoirs of a Not Altogether Shy Pornographer: Selected and Introduced by Jonathan Lethem

    Memoirs of a Not Altogether Shy Pornographer: Selected and Introduced by Jonathan Lethem - Paperback

    Memoirs of a Not Altogether Shy Pornographer: Selected and Introduced by Jonathan Lethem - Paperback

    By Bernard Wolfe

About Bernard Wolfe Books

Bernard Wolfe (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 Limbo, The Late Risers, In Deep, The Great Prince Died, The Magic of Singing, Logan's Gone and Lies; the short story collection Move Up, Dress Up, Drink Up, Burn Up and the influential jazz memoir Really the Blues with Mezz Mezzrow.