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Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Norman Spinrad managed to bug just about everybody with Bug Jack Barron (1969). The book got attacked in Parliament. The Daily Express branded it as filfth. Book and magazine retailer Menzies removed it from its racks, and even phoned up its competitor WH Smith and convinced them to do the same. Even before it had been released, the publisher commission…

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