Over My Dead Body is illustrated with eye-popping color cover reproductions on practically every page, Server argues that this period of rapid growth of paperback sales was due to the taste of its target audience: ex-GIs. The blockbuster sales of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer novels fueled the growth of paperbacks, too. The dying of the pulps and the sudden availability of writers and cover artists gave paperbacks momentum. Server discusses the rise of paperback writers like Peter Rabe, David Goodis, Jim Thompson, John D. MacDonald, Chester Himes, and Philip K. Dick. If you’re a fan of early American paperbacks and want to enjoy some dazzling paperback cover artwork, pick up a copy of Over My Dead Body. Inexpensive copies are available online for a pittance.
Definitely a must-have for discriminating Connoisseurs like you and me George.
Dan, I don’t know how this slipped by me way back in the Nineties. But I have a copy now.
I am totally getting this – thanks George, can’t wait.
Sergio, you’ll find a lot to like in OVER MY DEAD BODY!
A book everyone needs, all right. Great stuff.
Bill, I don’t know how I missed OVER MY DEAD BODY when it first came out.
I missed it too but I’ll change that now.
Jeff, I don’t know how I missed OVER MY DEAD BODY but I’m glad I have a copy in my collection now.
I got it when it was new or recent, and it’s good. I don’t know how you missed it, it got some attention from the apa folks.
Rick, sometimes one gets past the goalie.
A gem indeed, as is Server’s pulp history, Danger Is My Business.
Barry, I ordered DANGER IS MY BUSINESS, too. That might be a future FFB.
George, thanks for spotlighting this book. I’m always on the hunt for early American paperbacks.
Prashant, OVER MY DEAD BODY has been around for a few years before I finally noticed it. It’s a wonderful book that everyone who loves early U.S. paperbacks will enjoy.