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The Widening Stain
Series: An American Mystery Classic
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The Widening Stain
Murders plague a university library—and only an intrepid book cataloger can solve them.
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For the staff of the library at the center of The Widening Stain, it's easy enough to dismiss the death of a woman who fell from a rolling ladder as nothing more than an unfortunate accident. It's more difficult, however, to explain away the strangled corpse of a man found inside a locked room, surrounded by rare and obscure erotica.
And that's not all — a valuable manuscript has vanished from the stacks, which means that both a killer and a thief are loose in the facility's hallowed halls. It's up to chief cataloguer Gilda Gorham to solve the crimes, but unless she's careful, the next death in the library might just be her own...
A humorous and literary Golden Age mystery, The Widening Stain is adorned with as many playful limericks as it is with bibliographic details. The book, which offers a satirical glimpse of academic life at an institution strongly resembling Cornell University, is one of the most beloved bibliomysteries (mysteries involving books) of all time.
Series: An American Mystery Classic
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The Widening Stain is often described as a witty and engaging whodunit that combines elements of humour with a scholarly setting. Critics have praised its clever plot and the unique academic atmosphere it captures, making it an intriguing read for fans of classic mysteries.
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ISBN: 9781613161692
Publisher: Penzler Publishers
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 August 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: American Mystery Classics
Contributors:
- Introduction by Nicholas A. Basbanes
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 145.0mm
Height: 211.0mm
Weight: 389g
Pages: 288
About the Author
W. Bolingbroke Johnson was the pseudonym of Morris Bishop (1893-1973), an American scholar, historian, essayist, translator, and versifier. While best known for his writings on the Middle Ages and his work with light verse, he was an authority on many subjects, including the history of Cornell University, where he taught and served as the university historian. The Widening Stain is his only work of fiction. Nicholas A. Basbanes is the author of nine works of cultural history, with a particular emphasis on various aspects of books, book history, and book culture. In addition to his books, Basbanes has written for numerous newspapers, magazines, and journals, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post, and lectures widely on a variety of cultural subjects. Among his most well-known titles are A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books and On Paper: The Everything of Its Two Thousand Year History.
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