'You supreme specimen of sexual inadequacy', 'You look like a "before" picture in a Charles Atlas ad, you spineless molusc!'

Andy Kaufman, performance artist, provocateur, anti-comedian knew how to illicit a response. After successfully beating a lady wrestler on Saturday Night Live in 1979 he insulted, then challenged, the females of America to take him on in the ring. Anyone who beat him would win $1000 and Kaufman would shave his head. Although partly a fetish and a way to meet ladies, Andy also had a genuine love of wrestling and of course a strong desire to mess with people.

New book Dear Andy Kaufman I Hate Your Guts�! compiles many of the letters and photos sent in response. There are missives from housewives, small children and a couple from a strange man with a penchant for bald headed ladies. The book works as a kind of time capsule from the period, there is real enjoyment to be gleaned from the pictured fashion and slang of 20 years ago. It also works as a slightly voyeuristic look at people's endearing eccentricities. Any fan of the amazing Found (a magazine/ book made up entirely of notes, photos, letters and drawings found and sent in to the editors - highly recommended!) will enjoy this too.

While surely a must have for Kaufman fans, many more will enjoy the silliness, creativity and personality found in the scribbled notes, typed letters (remember those?) and muscle flexing photos on display.
Helen Skinner