RARA-AVIS: Has anyone heard of "By the Balls"?

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In a message dated 10/21/98 9:58:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, entertainment-
editor@amazon.com writes:

<< "By the Balls by Dashiell Loveless"
by Tom Fassbender and Jim Pascoe
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966347307/ref=ad_hc1
You can't get more hard-boiled than this. "By the Balls" is
a pocket-sized pulp gem with its tongue firmly in its cheek,
and the noirish chuckles are aided and abetted by Paul Pope's
suitably sleazy drawings. >>

This is from Amazon, I don't quite trust their judgment, and was wondering if
anyone was familiar with this book? Thanks-Mark

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by Tom Fassbender and Jim Pascoe
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966347307/ref=ad_hc1
You can't get more hard-boiled than this. "By the Balls" is
a pocket-sized pulp gem with its tongue firmly in its cheek,
and the noirish chuckles are aided and abetted by Paul Pope's
suitably sleazy drawings.

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