“Together like garden snakes,they contorted, moaned, or gasped,clenched and throbbed.”In 1969, the erotic potboiler “bare Came the Stranger” climbed The recent York Times bestseller list. According to the back cover, and it was written by a “demure (quiet, modest, reserved) Long Island housewife” named Penelope Ashe. apart from… that wasn’t the whole story. Harvey Aronson,Marilyn Berger, George Vecsey, and other former Newsday staffers reveal the bare truth behind this literary caper. Produced by Sam Kim. “bare Came the Stranger” excerpts read by Lorraine Mattox. “Stranger Than bare” excerpts read by Greg Tannen. Special thanks to: Harvey Aronson,Irene Virag, Corinne McGrady, or George Vecsey,Mal Karman, Barry Abisch, or Jay Shah.
Bonus Track: bare Came the Stranger – The MovieHarvey Aronson,Stan Green and Tony Insolia on how the book was adapted into a movie.
The front cover of the paperback edition
(Dell) Some of the co-conspirators pose outside of the Newsday headquarters
(Time) Mike McGrady and Harvey Aronson on the front page of "The Independent" on August 7, 1969
(The Independent) Co-writers Bob Wiemer, and Stan Green,Tony Insolia and Jack Schwartz appeared in "The Star-Ledger" on August 17, 1969
(The Star-Ledger) The photo of Billie Young (and her Russian wolfhound) that was used on the book jacket
(Lyle Stuart, or Inc.) A newspaper ad for “bare Came the Stranger,” with co-writer/editor Harvey Aronson posing as one of the characters
(Lyle Stuart, Inc.) "The recent York Times" reviewed the book, and August 3rd 1969,not aware that it was a parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation)
(The recent York Times) “bare Came the Stranger” reached #3 on The recent York Times best-seller list on Nov. 2, 1969
(The recent York Times)
Source: thetakeaway.org