Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
A small New England town is rocked by the scandal of everyday life in one of the most forgotten popular books of the twentieth century.
Banned
1957 - Tennessee - Knoxville activated a city ordinance that said the City Board of Review could block items deemed obscene. Local booksellers were forbidden to sell it. One newsstand owner challenged the ordinance and it was ruled unconsitutional.
1958
Ireland - Banned until the introduction of the Censorship of Publications Bill in 1967.
Canada - Temporary ban lifted
1959 - Rhode Island - The Rhonde Island Commission to Encourage Morality in Youth bought action against Bantam and three other New York paperback publishers. The Rhode Island Superior Court upheld the decision, which was later reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Bantam Boos, Inc, et al, v. Joseph A Sullivan, et al.
Sources
Callahan, Michael. "Peyton Places' Real Victim." Vanity Fair. Retrieved on 2017 Nov 1 from https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/03/peytonplace200603
Doyle, Robert P. "Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read." American Library Association, 2014.
Metalious, Grace. "Peyton Place." Northeastern Univsersity Press. Boston, 1956, 1999.
