Thurber on crime

Thurber, James 1894-1961 (Author). Lopresti, Robert. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0892964502 :
ISBN: 9780892964505
Physical Description: print
xv, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Mysterious Press, c1991.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / by Donald E. Westlake -- Introduction / by Robert Lopresti -- The catbird seat -- A sort of genius -- The remarkable case of Mr. Bruhl -- The little girl and the wolf -- Gang war, 1940 -- The imperturbable spirit -- Drawings -- Hell only breaks loose once -- Izzy and Moe -- How the kooks crumble -- The topaz cufflinks mystery -- Two o'clock at the metropole -- The man who knew too little -- The case book of James Thurber -- Mr. Preble gets rid of his wife -- The trial of the old watchdog -- The secret life of Harold Winney -- The raven by Edgar Allan Poe -- Lo, hear the gentle bloodhound! -- Mr. Monroe holds the fort -- Little Joe -- The white rabbit caper -- Afternoon of a playwright -- Previously unpublished drawings -- A friend to Alexander -- The patient bloodhound -- Cuttings -- Drawings -- The Macbeth murder mystery -- A glimpse of the flatpaws -- Tom, the young kidnapper, or Pay up and live -- Two dogs -- The whip-poor-will -- Destinations -- The lady on 142