by Lou Cove
Lou Cove
Amherst, MA
2016
About the Author
Lou Cove lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, and he hasn’t seen a new copy of Playgirl since 1980. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraphs
Part I. Cover Story
At Home in Salem
The Best Way to Come Together
High Over Salem
Getting Whacked
Bewitched
In the Schvitz
Curls, Crowds, and Other Thanksgiving Arrivals
Soup’s On, Pants Off
Part II. Exposé
Man of the Month
The Kicker
New Traditions
In the Running
His Business
What Salem Wants
The Rocky Campaign
Brisket, Herring, and Pinched Cheeks
The Crowd Melts in a Thousand “OY!”s
Out of the Closet
I Can Be the Tomorrow You
Say Uncle
The Nuclear Sleepover
Penny’s Been Thinking, Gretchen’s Been Drinking
What You Cling To
Part III. The Center Folds
The Anticlimax Doesn’t Last Long
Who’s the Stupid Idiot Now?
I Can Handle One More
New Year’s Eve in August
Apologies to the Emotional Barometer
The Smell I’m Tasting
Giving Tongue
Bobbling at the Joints
One Day I Will
Surrender Dorothy
Author’s Note
Acknowledging Memoir, Memory, and the Many Supporters of Man of the Year
About the Author
Copyright
MAN OF THE YEAR. Copyright © 2017 by Lou Cove. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Lyrics from “Song of the Soul” used by permission. Courtesy of Cris Williamson.
Cover design by K Haze
Cover photograph: The Advertising Archive / Alamy Stock Photo
The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
ISBN 978-1-250-12396-1 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-25012397-8 (e-book)
e-ISBN 9781250123978
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First Edition: May 2017
