{"product_id":"dirty-dirty-dirty-mike-edison-9781593762841","title":"Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!: Of Playboys, Pigs, and Penthouse Paupers an American Tale of Sex and Wonder","description":"A wild and uncompromising history of four infamous magazines and the outlaws behind them, \u003ci\u003eDirty! Dirty! Dirty!\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to rip the sheet off of the sleazy myth-making machine of Hugh Hefner and \u003ci\u003ePlayboy, \u003c\/i\u003e and reveal the doomed history of Hefner's arch rival, \u003ci\u003ePenthouse\u003c\/i\u003e founder Bob Guccione, whose messiah complex and heedless spending -- on a legendary flop of a movie paid for with bags of cash, a porn magazine for women, and a pie-in-the sky scheme for a portable nuclear reactor --fueled the greatest riches to rags story ever told. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe adventure begins in the early 1950s and rips through the tumultuous '60s and '70s --when \u003ci\u003eHustler's\u003c\/i\u003e Larry Flynt and \u003ci\u003eScrew's\u003c\/i\u003e Al Goldstein were arrested dozens of times, recklessly pushing the boundaries of free speech, attacking politicians, and putting unapologetic filth front and center -- through the 1990s when a sexed-up culture high on the Internet finally killed the era when men looked for satisfaction in the centerfold. As America goes, so goes it's porn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way we meet many unexpected heroes--John Lennon, Lenny Bruce, Helen Gurley Brown, and the staff of \u003ci\u003eMad\u003c\/i\u003e magazine among them--and villains--from Richard Nixon and the Moral Majority to Hugh Hefner himself, whose legacy, we learn, is built on a self-perpetuated lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Edison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593762844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593762841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.05w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2011 pg. 80","brand":"Mike Edison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938501099775,"sku":"9781593762841","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_08e7bec4-dd4b-44af-87f9-4682b13ba72f.jpg?v=1681436055","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dirty-dirty-dirty-mike-edison-9781593762841","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}