The Conjure-Man Dies: A Harlem Mystery. Stanley Ellin
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Название: The Conjure-Man Dies: A Harlem Mystery
Автор: Stanley Ellin
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Полицейские детективы
isbn: 9780008216467
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First published by Covici-Friede, New York 1932
‘John Archer’s Nose’ first published in The Metropolitan by Meeks Publishing Co. 1935 Introduction first published by Arno Press Inc. 1971
First edition cover art by Charles H. Alston 1932
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Source ISBN: 9780008216450
Ebook Edition © February 2017 ISBN: 9780008216467
Version: 2016-11-18
Contents
John Archer’s Nose
THE CONJURE-MAN DIES is, first and foremost, highly readable, wholly entertaining.
This should go without saying, since the book is a mystery novel of merit, and the sole function of any mystery story is to entertain. Of all types of fiction, it is probably the least pretentious, which is all in its favour at a СКАЧАТЬ