Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: A Critical Edition

One hundred years after its initial publication, Daniel G. Tracy provides the first critical edition of Anita Loos's iconic novel about a globetrotting flapper, her best friend, and her many suitors that inspired later stage and film adaptations. The text of the novel includes a restoration of higher quality reproductions of Ralph Barton's magazine illustrations (and one never published in the book format) alongside explanations of historical references. In addition, Tracy provides historical and biographical essays that fill out the context of the novel's production, a full account of reviews and later sequels or adaptations of the novel, and interactive maps of the many locations.