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The Bar Studs
PULP HEAVEN is proud to present THE COLLECTED PULP FICTION OF LEN LEVINSON, featuring the 95,000-copy bestseller
Sexy … kinky … violent …the bizarre world of
THE BAR STUDS
ADRIAN – He was two-timing his mistress, who was also his boss – until he got caught in the act.
JOHNNY MASH – Big, dark, good-looking. The kind of stud women fantasize about when they’re along in bed. A few lucky ones get to take him home for an after-hours party.
LEO – A nebbish. A good bartender, but a zero with the ladies. The only girls he gets to see without clothes on are on his calendar or in his dreams.
TEDDY – Handsome and gay, he takes a stranger to bed … and regrets it ever after.
JAKE – A Bowery bartender. He gets seduced by a kitten and a hooker and is betrayed by both.
HOULIHAN – He barkeeps in the Oak Room at the Plaza, where he meets only the best people. When some of them invite him to share their diversions, the results are astonishing.
THE BAR STUDS – A bold, no-holds-barred novel about sex, booze, drugs and six men who did it their way.
BONUS MATERIAL:
MY SO-CALLED LITERARY CAREER
And
JOHN LENNON AND ME
THE AUTHOR
Hailed as a ‘trash genius’, Len Levinson was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, served on active duty in the U.S. Army from 1954-1957, and graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Social Science. He relocated to NYC that year and worked as an advertising copywriter and public relations executive before becoming a full-time novelist. Len created and wrote a number of series, including The Apache Wars Saga, The Pecos Kid and The Rat Bastards. He has had over eighty titles published, and PP is delighted to have the opportunity to issue his exceptional WWII series, The Sergeant in digital form. After many years in NYC, Len moved to a small town (pop. 3100) in rural Illinois, where he is now surrounded by corn and soybean fields ... a peaceful, ideal location for a writer.
Sexy … kinky … violent …the bizarre world of
THE BAR STUDS
ADRIAN – He was two-timing his mistress, who was also his boss – until he got caught in the act.
JOHNNY MASH – Big, dark, good-looking. The kind of stud women fantasize about when they’re along in bed. A few lucky ones get to take him home for an after-hours party.
LEO – A nebbish. A good bartender, but a zero with the ladies. The only girls he gets to see without clothes on are on his calendar or in his dreams.
TEDDY – Handsome and gay, he takes a stranger to bed … and regrets it ever after.
JAKE – A Bowery bartender. He gets seduced by a kitten and a hooker and is betrayed by both.
HOULIHAN – He barkeeps in the Oak Room at the Plaza, where he meets only the best people. When some of them invite him to share their diversions, the results are astonishing.
THE BAR STUDS – A bold, no-holds-barred novel about sex, booze, drugs and six men who did it their way.
BONUS MATERIAL:
MY SO-CALLED LITERARY CAREER
And
JOHN LENNON AND ME
THE AUTHOR
Hailed as a ‘trash genius’, Len Levinson was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, served on active duty in the U.S. Army from 1954-1957, and graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Social Science. He relocated to NYC that year and worked as an advertising copywriter and public relations executive before becoming a full-time novelist. Len created and wrote a number of series, including The Apache Wars Saga, The Pecos Kid and The Rat Bastards. He has had over eighty titles published, and PP is delighted to have the opportunity to issue his exceptional WWII series, The Sergeant in digital form. After many years in NYC, Len moved to a small town (pop. 3100) in rural Illinois, where he is now surrounded by corn and soybean fields ... a peaceful, ideal location for a writer.
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First published September 1, 2013
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June 11, 2023
This book was originally published in 1976 by Fawcett Gold Medal under the pen name Leonard Jordan. Levinson wrote a total of 86 novels under 22 pen names. As a bonus, Levinson includes an
autobiographical tale about how he followed his dream and struggled to make it as a writer and a short piece on meeting John Lennon. Both bonuses are worthwhile, but I wouldn't buy the book just for that.
The book is called " Bar Studs" and it's a series of stories about six or seven New York City bartenders. One runs a bar that carries his name but is owned by his girlfriend who doesn't take too kindly to his bedding the waitress. Another runs a bar in the Bowery and barely tolerates the bums who are his customers, chasing some out with a crowbar. Another bartender goes home with a hot number that shows an interest in him and pawns her jewelry the next day. One bartender works a gay bar and also dates his customers. Another works in a snazzy uptown joint and befriends his wealthy clients. Yet another can't seem to get a date and offers a customer down on her luck a spare bedroom, hoping he will get lucky. The book is not for children. It contains sex, drugs, booze, and violence. It's the 70s and anything goes and there are one night stands, threesomes, cocaine use, and scenes reminiscent of Kit Tolliver's actions. Of course, when bartending doesn't work out, some of our guys turn to becoming drug dealers and mafia hitmen, but, again, it is the seventies.
On one level, it's an exploitation book with tawdry details, but on another level Levinson manages to create authentic portraits of these characters and their lives. You get a real feel for the era. It's not just schlock. And, it's fast reading.
autobiographical tale about how he followed his dream and struggled to make it as a writer and a short piece on meeting John Lennon. Both bonuses are worthwhile, but I wouldn't buy the book just for that.
The book is called " Bar Studs" and it's a series of stories about six or seven New York City bartenders. One runs a bar that carries his name but is owned by his girlfriend who doesn't take too kindly to his bedding the waitress. Another runs a bar in the Bowery and barely tolerates the bums who are his customers, chasing some out with a crowbar. Another bartender goes home with a hot number that shows an interest in him and pawns her jewelry the next day. One bartender works a gay bar and also dates his customers. Another works in a snazzy uptown joint and befriends his wealthy clients. Yet another can't seem to get a date and offers a customer down on her luck a spare bedroom, hoping he will get lucky. The book is not for children. It contains sex, drugs, booze, and violence. It's the 70s and anything goes and there are one night stands, threesomes, cocaine use, and scenes reminiscent of Kit Tolliver's actions. Of course, when bartending doesn't work out, some of our guys turn to becoming drug dealers and mafia hitmen, but, again, it is the seventies.
On one level, it's an exploitation book with tawdry details, but on another level Levinson manages to create authentic portraits of these characters and their lives. You get a real feel for the era. It's not just schlock. And, it's fast reading.
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