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Hank Janson is both a fictional character and a pseudonym created by the English author Stephen Daniel Frances who died in 1989. Frances wrote a series of thrillers by, and often featuring, Hank Janson, beginning with When Dames Get Tough (1946). Many of the later "Hank Janson" novels were the work of other authors.[1]


The "Hank Janson" books


Hank Janson was the most popular and successful of British pulp fiction authors of the 1940s and 1950s. His books were violent "pseudo-American"[2] thrillers sold in paperback editions featuring erotic cover art, and it is estimated that some five million copies were sold by 1954.[3]

Recalling his childhood enthusiasm for Janson, British playwright Simon Gray recalled how "the titles alone drove my blood wild—Torment for Trixy—Hotsy, You'll be Chilled—and on the cover a vivid blonde, blouse ripped, skirt hitched up to her thighs, struggling sweetly against chains, ropes and a gag—and in the top right hand corner, set in a small circle, like a medallion, the silhouette presumably of Hank himself, trench coat open, trilby tilted back, a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth."[4]

In the 1950s, the authorities attempted a crack-down on allegedly obscene pulp literature, targeting the Janson books among others.[5] Several of the Hank Janson novels were banned in the Republic of Ireland. [6] In 1954 author, D. F. Crawley was prosecuted, only to be acquitted when it was discovered he no longer had rights to the Janson pseudonym.[7]


Authors


partial list

The "Hank Janson" character


The Janson character in the novels was portrayed as a "tough Chicago reporter".[2] Alternatively, in some of the novels, Janson is said to have been born in England, to have left the country in his teens, later obtaining American nationality and working as an assistant to a private detective.[8]


Works


  1. Kill Her with Passion (1963)
  2. Lover (1963)
  3. Brazen Seductress (1963)
  4. A Nice Way to Die (1963)
  5. It's Bedtime Baby! (1964)
  6. Hell's Angels (1964)
  7. Hot House (1964)
  8. Passionate Playmates (1964)
  9. Her Weapon Is Passion (1964)
  10. Cold Dead Coed (1964)
  11. Fanny (1964)
  12. Expectant Nymph (1964)
  13. The Exotic Seductress (1964)
  14. The Sexy Vixen (1964)
  15. The Affairs of Paula (1965)
  16. A Nympho Named Silvia (1965)
  17. Becky (1965)

References


  1. "Gold Star Books" (PDF). BookScans.com. 27 January 2011.
  2. Pringle, David (1996). Imaginary People: A Who's who of Fictional Characters from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day. Scolar Press.
  3. Bloom, Clive (2002). Bestsellers: Popular Fiction Since 1900. Macmillan. pp. 68, 121.
  4. Simon Gray, The Smoking Diaries (Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005, p13)
  5. Holland, Steve (2004). The Trials of Hank Janson. Telos Publishing.
  6. "78 Books banned by the Censorship Board", The Irish Times, 23 March 1953.
  7. Selwyn, Francis (1988). Gangland: The Case of Bentley and Craig. Taylor & Francis. p. 91.
  8. Holland, Steve. "Hank Janson". Telos Publishing. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008.




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