Hank Janson
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Torment
Chicago Chronicle reporter Hank Janson is caught up in a convoluted web of intrigue involving telepathy, murder, grave robbing, pornographic photographs, infidelity and suicide! He is faced with having to uncover the links that bind all these disparate and seemingly unconnected events together and discover what really lies behind them.
With their erotic pin-up covers and hardboiled crime tales, the Hank Janson pulp paperback novels were a British publishing sensation in the 1940s and 1950s, selling millions of copies to readers craving escapism from post-war austerity. Prosecutions under Britain’s then harsh obscenity laws dealt them a severe blow, however, and today they are highly sought-after by collectors.
This Telos reissue of Torment, complete with its original cover artwork by legendary illustrator Reginald Heade, is an anniversary edition, coming 50 years after the novel’s first publication.
Includes an introduction by pulp historian and writer Steve Holland.
Paperback - Telos (2004) |
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Accused
Telos Publishing is proud to bring back into print, after more than fifty years’ absence, what most fans agree is one of the very best of the classic era Hank Janson novels. Accused was the most heavily scrutinised book of all in the infamous Hank Janson obscenity trials at the Old Bailey in the mid-1950s, and as a result was effectively banned from British bookshops. Now readers can judge for themselves whether or not this absorbing tale of sadistic cruelty, illicit passion and violent murder really was obscene! As usual, this Telos Publishing reissue comes unedited, and complete with legendary illustrator Reginald Heade’s wonderful original artwork cover.
With their erotic pin-up covers and hardboiled crime tales, the Hank Janson pulp paperback novels were a British publishing sensation in the 1940s and 1950s, selling millions of copies to readers craving escapism from post-war austerity.
Includes an introduction by pulp historian and writer Steve Holland.
Cover by Reginald Heade
| Paperback - Telos (2003) |
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Woman Hate Till Death
Hank Janson’s attendance at a promotional event for a revolutionary new car leads him to encounter two cousins, Doris and Marion Langham, whose wartime experiences in a Nazi concentration camp continue to haunt them. When a subsequent journalistic assignment for the Chicago Chronicle leads Hank to investigate the gruesome shooting of Joe Sparman, who worked for the experimental car’s manufacturer, he starts to suspect that the harrowing events of the past are having even more tangible consequences in the present...
With their erotic pin-up covers and hardboiled crime tales, the Hank Janson pulp paperback novels were a British publishing sensation in the 1940s and 1950s, selling millions of copies to readers craving escapism from post-war austerity. Prosecutions under Britain’s then-harsh obscenity laws dealt them a severe blow, however, and today they are highly sought-after by collectors.
This Telos edition of Women Hate Till Death, the original artwork for which was censored on the novel’s first publication in October 1951, comes complete with a previously unpublished cover painting by legendary illustrator Reginald Heade.
Includes an introduction by pulp historian and writer Steve Holland.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
Deadly Mission
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1953)
Nyloned Avenger
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1953)
Silken Menace
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1953)
Corruption
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1953)
Torment
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1953)
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One Man in His Time
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1953)
Pursuit
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1953)
Desert Fury
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1953)
Vengeance
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1953)
Unseen Assassin
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1953)
Amok
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1953)
Suspense
(
1952)
Whiplash
(
1952)
Tension
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1952)
Conflict
(
1952)
Murder
(
1952)
Persian Pride
(
1952)
Killer
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1952)
Accused
(
1952)
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Auctioned
(
1952)
Woman Hate Till Death
(
1951)
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Don't Mourn Me Toots
(
1951)
The Bride Wore Weeds
(
1950)
Lady, Toll the Bell
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1950)
Lola Brought Her Wreath
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1950)
The Jane With Green Eyes
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1950)
Sweetie, Hold Me Tight
(
1950)
Some Look Better Dead
(
1950)
The Lady Has a Scar
(
1950)
No Regrets for Clara
(
1949)
Lilies for My Lovely
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1949)
Slay-ride for Cutie
(
1949)
Smart Girls Don't Talk
(
1949)
Sweetheart, Here's Your Grave
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1949)
Honey Take My Gun
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1949)
Gunsmoke in Her Eyes
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1949)
Sister - Don't Hate Me
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1949)
Angel, Shoot to Kill
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1949)
Blonde on the Spot
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1949)
Lady, Mind That Corpse
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1948)
This Woman is Death
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1948)
Gun Moll for Hire
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1948)
Scarred Faces
(
1946)
When Dames Get Tough
(
1946)
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