A DIRTY JOB

You're hired. I guess we better have you fill out an application now.

Herb Roberts, aka Robert Carney, takes a stab at the always fertile office sleaze genre with 1963’s Love-Hungry Women, for which you see the cover above. It isn’t so much the women who are love hungry here. It’s more a story of rabid male ambition. The protagonist Steve is a small-time hustler getting his last shot at a good job at Garland Real Estate. He’s vowed to play it straight, but wouldn’t you just know it—the boss’s wife takes a shine to him and isn’t about to take no for an answer. She says she can help him get to the top, and pretty soon he’s not only in deep with her, but with other women around the office. With so many plates in the air it isn’t a question of whether he’ll drop them but when. The book purports to be an inside look at the business world à la Mad Men, but it’s really just lightweight titillation with no aspects worth serious consideration. We love this cover though. It fits right into the office nookie collection we put together several years ago. Too bad the art is uncredited.

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September 11

1973—Allende Ousted in Chile

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2001—New York and Washington D.C. Attacked

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1935—Huey Long Assassinated

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September 9

1956—Elvis Shakes Up Ed Sullivan

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1966—Star Trek Airs for First Time

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1974—Ford Pardons Nixon

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