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The Smiling Corpse - Large Print

Bernard A. Bergman

THE SMILING CORPSE is one of the most unusual books you'll read this year, and it's a pretty good bet you haven't read this since it came out in 1935. It's a mystery, but unlike any mystery you've ever read, because the "detectives" in this tale are quite recognizable -- as mystery writers of the Golden Age, such as S.S. Van Dine, G.K. Chesterton, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain, and Sax Rohmer. The book has an introduction, The Smiling Corpse-A Re-Introduction by J. Randolph Cox, as well as a Preface by John Graham Ballantine, and there's even a "Who's Who" in case you've forgotten some of the old masters of mystery who show up as characters in this crazy novel. There are also several beautiful illustrations by Georg Hartmann.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: Feb 3rd, 2014
  • Pages: 234
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 0.53in - 0.77lb
  • EAN: 9781495426940
  • Categories: Mystery & Detective - General

About the Author

Philip Wylie was known for his many novels, and this is one of his oddest.