Bernhardt Von Soda: 2 books

von Soda, an author who after a chance encounter with Chester Himes published his novel, Abandon, with Olympia much to his own surprise, then followed it up with this title, The Beaten the Hungry, a far greater success. (The work was pirated in five different languages). The Beaten and the Hungry...

An original Ophelia first published in 1958, and one of the rarest of the Paris series. Abandon is the story of Yvonne, daughter of a lunatic mother, and her travails through the brutal streets of American cities. From the rough bars (and rougher men) of the Chicago bars, to the NY dope dealers, she...