Edges worn, spine creased, wrappers creased. Title written on the bottom edge. Stated first printing (thus), reprinted under new wraps after Warner bought Signet.

This "scorcher" of a book will make you an "ash" out of yourself, many times over if you tend to be a person who "fans the flames" or otherwise "burns bridges" over topics like "rejection slips," "misery," "Russian roulette," "best-seller books," "baseball," "beaches," "Father's Day cards," "summer camp," "hand shadows," "comic strip characters," and other incendiary topics sure to "burn a hole in your pocket," along with everybody else's.

The humor here is bound to raise the reader's own body temperature in order to have their blood boiling, along with their cold hearts thawing.

One of the much better collections which the "usual gang of idiots" at MAD magazine have to offer for your money's worth, in conjunction with their time.