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Carnival PieceBy: Edward D. Wood, Jr.Pseudonym: Kathleen Everett, 1968

 Item — Box: 1

Scope and Contents

Publisher: Private Edition Books, Canoga Park[Kathleen Everett was in fact Wood’s wife’s maiden name. Akin to Side-Show Siren the novel follows a "murder-at-the-carnival" plot. Grey writes: "Imbroglios concerning carnivals, a murdered dancing girl and her stunning young blonde replacement who attracts the attentions of the local sheriff, the owner of the carnival and Mama Tate, a fat lesbian. Characters include Wheezy the Skeleton, who prefers wine to food; the Geek, another wino who bites the heads off snakes and chickens; Bertha the 450 pound fat woman; the tattoo man; the magician ("a ham bone lush"); the wolf man who "glues hair on his body everyday while he sniffs the glue and pops heroin in his veins"; and Matty, the female impersonator who does the half-man, half-woman act."]

Dates

  • 1968

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

2 cubic feet. (2 cubic feet.)

Physical Description

Pages: 160

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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