Walter Whitney, author of Take it Out in Trade, is a pseudonym for an unknown person. His photo is AI-generated
Upon its release in 1957, "Take It Out in Trade" was immediately declared “objectionable” by the Roman Catholic Church’s National Office of Decent Literature. Now the incendiary novel is finally back after over sixty years... and you can decide if it is irredeemable trash, or pulpy, harmless entertainment…or even genuine literature.