Penguin Main Series #1014. 1st Edition, 1954.
A critique of the post-World War II radio advertising industry, with romantic entanglements for the protagonist. It was soon made into a 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Jack Conway, starring Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner.
Vic Norman got everything a man could want...He got a hand-painted tie at $35...and a shiny new job at $35,000...he got an apartment on Sutton Place...and the respect of the toughest old tyrant who ever sold soap...he got Marguerite...and Connie...and glamorous red-headed Jean. He got everything a man could want...but he didn't know what he wanted. Not til he met Kay, cool, blonde, lovely Kay. Then he knew what he wanted but didn't know how to get it!
Condition grading: Very Good. Pen wording to title page. Light creases to tanned spine. Wear spot to left edge of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series #1014. 1st Edition, 1954.
A critique of the post-World War II radio advertising industry, with romantic entanglements for the protagonist. It was soon made into a 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Jack Conway, starring Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner.
Vic Norman got everything a man could want...He got a hand-painted tie at $35...and a shiny new job at $35,000...he got an apartment on Sutton Place...and the respect of the toughest old tyrant who ever sold soap...he got Marguerite...and Connie...and glamorous red-headed Jean. He got everything a man could want...but he didn't know what he wanted. Not til he met Kay, cool, blonde, lovely Kay. Then he knew what he wanted but didn't know how to get it!
Condition grading: Very Good. Pen wording to title page. Light creases to tanned spine. Wear spot to left edge of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
