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2 unusual facts about Maurice Girodias


Mae Mercer

Mercer spent eight years in the 1960s singing in a blues bar in Paris, the Blues Club, owned by publisher Maurice Girodias and touring Europe.

The Seven Minutes

Maurice Girodias of the Olympia Press, who was interviewed by Wallace during research for his book, published a novel, The Original Seven Minutes, purporting to be the pornographic book described in Wallace's novel.



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