Ribald Classic: Foul Pitch
March, 1974
As a jew among Moslems, he maintained his faith; as an upright tradesman among thieves, he stuck to his honesty; but as a man in the midst of a great Oriental city of the flesh, he was much tempted. Pitch Osman, in the year 1523, was a young spice merchant in the great bazaar of Stamboul.His wife, who had come to him through an arranged marriage, seemed somewhat plain, somewhat too Jewish and a bit common when compared with the voluptuous beauties he saw daily in the bazaar. And so it came about...
