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31 October 2024

This Harlequin Halloween, a Dick in a Box

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If the Coffin Fits Day Keen [Gunard Hjerstedt] Toronto: Harlequin, 1952 The cover copy lays it straight: Central City specialized in vice, l...
25 October 2024

Grant Allen: 125 Years

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen departed this mortal coil 125 year ago today, rising a metre then stepping aside at his home in Hindhead, Ha...
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19 October 2024

Darkness on the Edge of Town

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Barnabas, Quentin and the Crystal Coffin Marilyn Ross [W.E.D. Ross] New York: Paperback Library, 1970 157 pages The back cover poses a quest...
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09 October 2024

Pearl White is The White Moll!

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The Moving Picture World 2 October 1920 A follow-up to last week's post on Frank L. Packard's The White Moll . TheWhite Moll was the...
01 October 2024

A Feminine Jimmie Dale?

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The White Moll Frank L. Packard New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1931 306 page s Walt Disney failed to interest NBC in  Jimmie Dale, Alias the Gr...
23 September 2024

Of Poets, Poetry, Politicians, and Parliament Hill

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Yet another gloriously sunny September weekend, I spent most of it stacking firewood in preparation for winter. The high point came early Sa...
16 September 2024

As He Lay Dying

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The Jameson Girls Jan Hilliard [Hilda Kay Grant] Toronto: Nelson, Foster & Scott, 1956 240 pages King Jameson is dying and his daughters...
09 September 2024

Gilbert Parker's Hollywood Ending

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Being an addendum to last week's post on Gilbert Parker's The Money Master .   Of the eighteen Gilbert Parker screen adaptations, Th...