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lieutenant is his collection of pornographic items that is featured in Borowczyk"s Une collection particuliere. He also wrote an introduction to Anne Desclos"s Story of O. His book was published in 1971 in an English translation by April FitzLyon called Blaze of Embers (Calder and Boyars, 1971). His most popular book was "The Motorcycle" (1963), which was adapted for the 1968 film "The Girl on a Motorcycle", starring a young Marianne Faithfull.
Mandiargues was friends with motorcycle journalist Anke-Eve Goldmann, who was likely the inspiration for the main character "Rebecca", as Goldmann was the first woman to ride a motorcycle with a one-piece leather racing suit, which she designed with German manufacturer Harro.
Jean-Louis de Rambures, "Comment travaillent les écrivains", Paris 1978 (interview with de Mandiargues, in French).