books by Harry Stephen Keeler

books by Harry Stephen Keeler

books:

Harry Stephen Keeler

Harry Stephen Keeler

Kessinger Publishing, 2004

A Chinese Box Full of Onions
People often make fun of Keeler's more stilted passages and contrived plot twists, but what they miss is the incredible power behind them. Yes, I laughed many times while reading The Mysterious Mr. I, but I was also riveted with fascination as the layers of confusion ...

The Riddle of the Traveling Skull

Harry Stephen Keeler

McSweeney's, 2005

The Riddle of Harry Stephen Keeler
I wish I could give this book a simultaneous review of 5 and -5 stars. For those of you that don't know, Harry Stephen Keeler is considered by many to be the Ed Wood of mystery novelists. This book is classic Keeler, and if you're interested in this long forgotten and ...

The Case Of The 16 Beans
Harry Stephen Keeler

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004

This," interrupted the Sicilian in back of him coolly, and drilling even harder into Parradine's spine with that small hard object," is a snatch, Parradine. No beat up, but a snatch. A hundred-grand snatch! And don't bother to set up any yodelling, because you know as well as me that there's two heavy doors--no, three--shutting this room off from ...

The Washington Square Enigma

Harry Stephen Keeler

E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1933

Weird and wonderful Keeler at his best
Diehard Keeler fans should be over the moon for this book: typical convoluted Keeler pulp, heavy on the deus ex machina and the dames, light on the dialect-writing and questionable stereotypes. Easily as much bang for your buck as any modern noir thriller.