Pre-order Releases Apr 20, 2027
Beastly Transparencies
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Beastly Transparencies
Beastly Transparencies explores class and obsession across both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The title novella dramatizes the life of noted anti-vice campaigner Anthony Comstock. Charting his grand work against the explosion of pornography, prostitution and underground gambling starting in the 1860s – from circulating smut libraries to obscene early film, illicit rubber articles intercepted in the mail to numbers games and religious cons backed by violence – ‘Beastly Transparencies’ tracks Comstock and his New York Society for the Prevention of Vice through a six-decade crusade against sin. The twenty accompanying stories move between northern England and the north east of America, following divergent paths but exploring similar themes: what motivates the heart, and what the head? Which forces shape the moral beings we become? How – and at whose unseen hand – do we slide up or down the slippery pole of virtue? Beastly Transparencies takes as its starting point a question shared with Sillitoe: in the endless grind of life, love and commerce, what does it really mean to win?
The book, Beastly Transparencies [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781917788328 in Paperback by James Roderick Burns may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
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- Publisher
- Black Spring Press
- Author
- James Roderick Burns
- Format
- Paperback
- Release date
- Apr 20, 2027
- ISBN-13
- 9781917788328
- ISBN-10
- 1917788320
- Pages
- 200
- Carton quantity
- 20 copies
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Beastly Transparencies in bulk: pricing
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| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 25 – 99 | $17.59 | 20% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $14.95 | 32% off list |
| 250 – 499 | $14.51 | 34% off list |
| 500 – 999 | $14.07 | 36% off list |
| 1,000+ | $12.75 | 42% off list |
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