Killer in Drag by Wood , Edward D. Jr. / aka Ed Wood

Angora Press Softcover book ... undated, circa 1980s ? ... BRAND NEW from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 " size ... This is the rare 50s-looking front cover, Pink and Black drawing of a girl ... or is she ? ... in her panties and bra , sitting on the beside of a man who is sleeping ... or ... is he dead ? ... The cover says ' adults only ' , and the author's full name , Edward D. Wood Jr. ... Ed Wood, known for the infamous film Plan Nine from Outer Space, he first did the astonishing " Glen or Glenda " ... a film which came out in 1953, released after the huge news story in '52 of the sex reassignment surgery of Christine Jorgensen ... who had nothing to do with this story. She inspired Ed, though ... and he made the film with more transvestites and cross-dressing than the American public had ever seen ... In this novel, in Ed's own words : " Glen's mind seemed to move as fast as the state highway beneath the Cadillac's rolling wheels. He wasn't quite sure this was really happening to him. It seemed more like one of those bad dreams. But it was happening. He had been in Dalten Van Carter's bedroom, in his very bed, when it happened. He had been Glen , in Glenda's clothing. The police would know. They would find him. Glen's identification was in that velvet purse! They would find the bload soaked pink nightgown at the foot of the bed where he had let it lay when it fell around his feet. They would grill the colored boy until he told them everything he knew; everything that had gone on in that apartment prior to the murder. Maybe they coudn't touch him for the murder. But everything else would be lost. Glen and Glenda would be known. He would be of no further use to the syndicate. No one remained a part of the syndicate if they were no use to them. All they received was a big, all expenses paid, funeral . " ... This book was cited in the Susan Stryker book " Queer Pulp - Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback " ... The film for this book was entitled Glen or Glenda starred Bela Lugosi, as the pipe-smoking doctor who was going to explain all ... Ed Wood's sequel to Killer in Drag was the book " Death of a Transvestite " , which had even more graphic sex scenes. ... The title of this book was also known over the years as " Black Lace Drag " ... and " Glen or Glenda " ... and " The Twilight Land " ...During his writing career, Ed also went by the name " Sheri Blue " ... sometimes spelled Shari ... " Killer in Drag " ... by Edward D. Wood Jr. ... Softcover book, published by Angora Press *** Securely packed for Safe discreet Delivery ~ Shipping safely Worldwide, since 1965 *** . Soft Cover. New. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 ".