‘The only way Cherry could get places was by going bad….and Cherry wanted to get places!’
‘Why does a pretty young girl allow herlself to be used for illicit pictures? To give you the answers, this outspoken novel probes the shocking excesses of attractive Cherry Gordon – who started as a good kid, but was taught to be bad .. There might have been hope for Cherry, because one man, although active in the foul racket, truly loved her. By this time, however, she was blunted to ordinary morals, commonplace desires. One day he found Cherry in the arms of a redheaded woman ..’
Genre: Grier Rated; Pulp
Subjects: Bisexuals - Fiction; Lesbians - Fiction
Publication History
| Copyright Date | 1959 |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 1959 |
| Publisher | Beacon Signal |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 155 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Beacon B254 Grier rating of T Also Writes as; Kay Addams & Nicky Weaver Milo (illustrator) |
| Rating | Toxic |
| Copyright Date | 1959 |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 1963 |
| Publisher | Beacon Signal |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 155 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Beacon B655F |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| Copyright Date | 1959 |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 1969 |
| Publisher | Softcover Library |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 155 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Softcover Library Book SCL/S95294 |
| Rating | Not Rated |
Comment
Sin Doll was a Beacon paperback by Orrie Hitt (1916-1975), one of the most successful sleaze writers of the 1950s and 1960s; the 1963 Beacon Signal edition carried a cover by Paul Rader. Told from her point of view, it follows Cherry Gordon, who wants to be a singer and actress, into the stag-film trade, drink and trouble with the law.
The site tags the book Toxic. Pulp International notes that Cherry's slide includes falling in with lesbians, presented as one more step in her ruin, and the novel is best read as a hostile period portrayal, one that sold lesbian characters to readers as a mark of degradation.