Beverly Hills, Guild-Hartford Publishing, (1972). Uncommon novelization of the Paul Naschy horror film, a classic B-movie by the actor/director who was called "the Spanish Lon Chaney" and was awarded Spain's Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 2001. Arthur Scarm is reportedly Leo Guild, who has been called "the worst pulp novelist ever" and, according to one writer "[t]his is a Holy Grail of weird books, full of disgustingly described graphic violence and cheesy erotica. This has absolutely nothing to do with the story of the film that this is supposedly based upon, and this book is something completely devoid of cultural value, which is why it is so much fun." Another writer said it "has the reputation among aficionados as the most craptastically awful book ever written," and a third one compared it to such "overhyped classics" as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Odyssey, Beowulf, etc.," saying, "I have read over 5000 books and I have only enjoyed two of them. This is one..." A minor classic, perhaps sui generis, and quite scarce. Stamp of another horror writer inside the front cover; narrow, blended dampstaining at the foredge of the front cover; general light rubbing. A good copy. [#036577] $450