{"product_id":"the-whorehouse-papers-by-larry-l-king-first-edition-1982-viking","title":"The Whorehouse Papers by Larry L. King [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1982 • Viking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Whorehouse Papers by Larry L. King\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1982] THE VIKING PRESS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust jacket shows some worn edges but is otherwise nice, clean sharp and in tact.  Ships in a new custom fit jacket protector!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook itself is excellent.  Pristine cloth bound boards. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReads good as new!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt started with two phone calls sandwiched around his article in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e about the \"Chicken Ranch\", a notorious bordello in the little Texas town of LaGrange. Larry L. King up to his red neck in debt, suddenly was embarked upon a theatrical adventure that had all the makings of a fiasco. He began keeping a journal of his experiences with every expectation of grand, or not so grand, failure—and with a sharp eye for the villains of the piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOut of that journal Mr. King has fashioned \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Whorehouse Papers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a barbed and unbuttoned account of the making of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, set down as no other backstage memoir could be, with all the cayenne and bias of a man by turns mystified, infuriated, and enraptured by life in the theatre. The constant wrangling of creative egos, the tribulations of casting, the disasters of rehearsals, the manic cold sweats of opening night, the sweet shock of success—all of this Mr. King renders in his no-holds-barred story of a show—one of the longest-running in Broadway history—that by his own reckoning has made him \"about two-thirds rich.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48515190128889,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/whorehousepapers-1.jpg?v=1781203852","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-whorehouse-papers-by-larry-l-king-first-edition-1982-viking","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}