Detective Stories from "The Strand"
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Detective Stories from "The Strand" by Jack Adrian
The "Strand" magazine, launched in July 1891, was one of the most successful and influential popular magazines of its time, selling half a million copies a month in its heyday. The first Sherlock Holmes stories were published in the "Strand" , and such legendary detectives as Hercule Poirot and Father Brown continued to grace its pages until its demise in 1950. Containing 25 classic stories of mystery and detection, this selection includes many rare stories that have never previously been published in book form or included in the author's collected works. In addition to stories by Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, G.K.Chesterton, and Edgar Wallace, there are contributions from more surprising names, including Aldous Huxley and Somerset Maugham.Bill Pronzini is a well-known mystery and suspense writer of over forty novels, and is best known as the creator of the Nameless Detective series. He served as the first president of the Private Eye Writers of America, and won that organization's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. Jack Adrian is
an authority on popular and genre fiction in the twentieth century, and is the author of many books, and editor and co-editor of numerous anthologies, including Crime at Christmas, The Art of the Impossible, and The Oxford Book of Historical Stories.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192123060 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192123068 |
| Title | Detective Stories from "The Strand" |
| Author | Jack Adrian |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 398 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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