Word: piombo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lost Souls. But the bulk of Girodias' list consists of such works as Who Pushed Paula?, by "Akbar del Piombo," Houses of Joy, by "Wu Wu Meng," and Until She Screams, by "Faustino Perez." Girodias pays about $1,000 a book and chooses the pseudonyms himself-"Otherwise, they always pick something like J. Walter Thompson." He prints 5,000 copies of each standard pornographic novel in chaste green jackets labeled "The Traveler's Companion Series," and invariably sells out at 3.75 francs (75?) a copy. For bulk sales, he finds that the best markets are France...