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The Fabulous Clipjoint

Name: The Fabulous Clipjoint
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781804999509
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By Fredric Brown

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The Fabulous Clipjoint, winner of the 1948 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, is a gripping murder mystery and a much-loved classic. Discover this beloved murder mystery classic, perfect for fans of The British Library Crime Classics! Ingenious . . . Plunges the reader into a... Read More

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The Fabulous Clipjoint, winner of the 1948 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, is a gripping murder mystery and a much-loved classic.

Discover this beloved murder mystery classic, perfect for fans of The British Library Crime Classics!

Ingenious . . . Plunges the reader into a desperate, working-class America - Washington Post

In 1940s Chicago, a man is killed during a night-long bender, caught between barrooms in what appears to be a mugging gone awry. The police aren't interested in finding Wallace's murderer, but his teenage son, Ed, suspects there's more to this than meets the eye. The witnesses aren't telling the whole story, and in the process of finding the killer, Ed makes another discovery—Wallace was a very different man from the father he thought he knew.

This Edgar Award-winning novel announced a legendary voice in crime fiction. The Fabulous Clipjoint is the first in Fredric Brown's long-running Ed & Am Hunter series. The book's memorable mixture of hardboiled mystery with an urban coming of age narrative remains fresh to this day.

Brown deserves the same acclaim as Raymond Chandler - Booklist

The first of seven cases for Ed and Am will leave readers hungry for more - Kirkus

WINNER OF THE 1948 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804999509

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)

Contributors:

Introduction by Lawrence Block

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 166g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Fredric Brown (Author) Fredric Brown was a prolific writer of multiple genres, including mystery, sci-fi, poetry, and non-fiction, whose work has been championed by Stephen King, Philip K. Dick, Umberto Eco, and many more literary luminaries. In the mystery world, he is best remembered today for his long-running series of mysteries featuring Ed and Am Hunter, who made their first appearance in the Edgar Award winner, The Fabulous Clipjoint. Lawrence Block (Introducer) Lawrence Block is a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master who has been writing award-winning mystery and suspense fiction for over half a century. In addition to creating several popular and long-running series characters (such as Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, and Keller), Block's novels include dozens of standalone mysteries, as well as other titles in a range of genres.

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