The Dusty Bookcase

A short note to those in the National Capital Region and others thereabouts. Later this month, I'll be speaking at the Royal Canadian Le...

A brief addendum to last week's post on Basil King's 1912 novel The Street Called Straight .    Seven Basil King novels have made it...

The Street Called Straight By the author of The Inner Shrine [Basil King] New York: Harper, 1912 415 pages Olivia Guion seems a most dislik...

An addendum to last week's post on If You want to See Your Wife Again... by John Craig . "When was the last time you saw a good mo...

If You Want to See Your Wife Again... John Craig London: Cassell, 1973 223 pages Struggling writer Dan Cramer once had a good gig. He spent ...

Sword of Desire Robert W. Tracy [Alvin Schwartz] New York: Arco, 1952 176 pages As far as I can tell, "Fort Crime!" is the first A...