The Stoned Apocalypse

First (US) edition. Hardback in dust jacket. 249pp. Jacket age-toned and ever so slightly soiled; sticker ghost to front panel; a few tiny nicks to edges. *** Semi-autobiographical novel about the “hippie trippy sixties” in California. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Not published in the UK. Marco Vassi (1937-1989) was a radical American writer best known for his work in erotic fiction (published by Olympia Press); often compared to Henry Miller and Anais Nin, but with a more pronounced queer interest.