false 766860 11 Published in Paris in 1946 as a hardboiled thriller loaded with sex and blood, allegedly censored in the US and "translated" into French, <i>I Spit On Your Graves</i> was both a pure mystification and direct home to American literature and movies. More deeply, it was a violent attack on racism by a jazz fan who had already befriended many black musicians and was to become the closest French friend of Ellington, Davis, and Parker. Find out why this young author outstripped sales of Malraux, Camus, Sartre, and de Beauvoir when it appeared in France... and continues to scandalize today. With an introduction by Marc Lapprand. 93395 1952 I Spit on Your Graves total:275|5:68|4:99|3:66|2:31|1:11| 275 1007 374 28 5 2 false false Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 09:37:16 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 14 04:43:15 -0800 2009 I Spit On Your Graves in 1946, he was looking for a bestseller to kickstart his new imprint, Editions du Scorpion. Written by an African-American writer named Vernon Sullivan, the book was a visceral, often misogynistic, and (once it gets rolling) violent pulp ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jun 15 11:26:00 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 06 08:21:20 -0700 2008
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Check it out if you love crime fiction but be prepared for some lurid sex and violence.
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