The Vicious Circle Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table 1st Edition by Otto Penzler 1933648678 9781933648675

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ISBN 10: 1933648678 

ISBN 13: 9781933648675

Author: Otto Penzler

A literary event! The mystery and crime fiction of the Algonquin Round Table. A Mystery Guild Main Selection.
Publishers Weekly As mystery expert Penzler admits in his introduction, this volume contains little classic detection . . . and less nail-biting suspense than the usual crime fiction anthology, but those curious about the legendary figures of the Algonquin Round Table-a group of New York City writers and critics from the 1920s, many affiliated with the New Yorker -will get at least a taste of the wit and sophistication for which they were known. Of the dozen selections, the highlights are three parodic pieces by S.J. Perelman, notably the laugh-out-loud Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer, a send-up of the hard-boiled genre that’s a clear literary precursor to Woody Allen’s Kaiser Lupowitz stories. Another standout is the wickedly absurd The Mystery of the Poisoned Kipper by Robert Benchley, perhaps best known today as the grandfather of the author of Jaws . While some tales disappoint, readers new to these authors may be inspired to sample more of their work. (Dec.)
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Table of contents:

Introduction / Otto Penzler

Coroner’s Inquest / Marc Connelly

The Mystery of the Poisoned Kipper / Robert Benchley

Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer / S.J. Perelman

Haircut / Ring Lardner

Moonlight Sonata / Alexander Woollcott

The Great Warburton Mystery / George S. Kaufman and Howard Dietz

Big Blonde / Dorothy Parker

Up the Close and Down the Stair / S.J. Perelman

The Man Who Came Back / Edna Ferber

Rien Ne Va Plus / Alexander Woollcott

Four-and-Twenty Blackjacks / S.J. Perelman

Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One / Ring Lardner

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