'Sexual Pensees' reveals the deepest feelings of a young woman in Manhattan, a young man, a Hollywood starlet, a film producer, and icons ranging from Flaubert to Mario Puzo."
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'Sexual Pensees' reveals the deepest feelings of a young woman in Manhattan, a young man, a Hollywood starlet, a film producer, and icons ranging from Flaubert to Mario Puzo."
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Humor. Oblong 16mo. Signed First edition (2006. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. Oblong 16mo with 120 pages. Signed on title page to film producer Martin Ransohoff, "Dear Joan & Marty-the devil made me do it. In friendship Bruce." Martin Ransohoff 1927-2017) was an American film and television producer. His early TV successes (Beverly Hillbillies and Mr. Ed) enabled him to produce movies like The Americanization of Emily, The Sandpiper, The Cincinnati Kid, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Ice Station Zebra, Castle Keep, Catch-22, Silver Streak, and Jagged Edge among others. Friedman (1930-2020) once got into a quarrel with fellow writer Norman Mailer at the latter's house party. It turned physical when Mailer head butted him and Mailer's wife egged him on to "kill the bastard." Although Friedman eventually prevailed in the fistfight, he had to receive a tetanus shot after Mailer bit him in the neck. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. Red spine/white text.