New York: M. Evans and Co. (distributed by Lippincott), (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - A contemporary novel by this extremely prolific writer, set in New York City, east of Park Avenue: "Max Berman was an old-style real estate tycoon. His greatest pleasure in life was speculating in high-risk property deals. Then he met Lance Balutis, king of the pop-art world, whose underground movies caused sensations at the box office. Lance introduced Max to a whole new world Ð a world with a system of values and a morality completely different from his own." Gerson is probably best known for his historical fiction - both under his own name and under several pseudonyms - including the Wagons West series as Dana Fuller Ross and the White Indian series as Donald Clayton Porter. 315 pp. Great 1960s dust jacket art by Gerry Servier.