Canadian Mystery Stories
Alberto Manguel, editor
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1991
288 pages
My review of this, the eleventh of Alberto Manguel's twenty-two anthologies, was posted yesterday at Canadian Notes & Queries online:
What did I think?
Well, for one, it has the most inept introduction I've ever encountered. These jackets to books by writers who are not so much as recognized will provide further clues.
Phantom Wires Arthur Stringer Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merril, 1923 |
The Shadow H. Bedford-Jones New York: Fiction League, 1930 |
The Blue Door Vincent Starrett New York: Doubleday, 1930 |
The Maestro Murders Frances Shelley Wees New York: Mystery League, 1931 |
The Hidden Door Frank L. Packard New York: Doubleday, 1933 |
Trouble Follows Me Kenneth Millar New York: Dodd, Mead, 1946 |
Exit in Green Martin Brett [pseud Douglas Sanderson] New York: Dodd, Mead, 1953 |
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