Mysterious Mickey Finn, The Paperback - 1984
by Paul, Elliot
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- Title Mysterious Mickey Finn, The
- Author Paul, Elliot
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Book: Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover, New York
- Date 1984
- Bookseller's Inventory # 53814
- ISBN 9780486247519 / 0486247511
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 1.27 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators - France - Paris -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 84007996
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
"It has the delicious irresponsibility of a Wodehouse plot. . . . It's one of the funniest books we've read in a long time. It contains a great deal of shrewd satire."--The New York Times
Multimillionaire and philanthropist Hugo Weiss is known in every capital of the Western world as a munificent patron of the arts. When Weiss suddenly vanishes while on a visit to Paris, his disappearance sets the stage for this uncommonly witty and urbane mystery. Homer Evans, an intrepid American detective, turns his keen intellect and remarkable intuition toward solving the puzzle of the financier's disappearance. Assisted by his sharpshooting girlfriend, a cowgirl from the American West, Evans plunges into a maelstrom of kidnapping, art forgery, tax evasion, murder, and a plot to restore the French monarchy.
Set against the backdrop of bohemian Montparnasse, the story hurtles along at a breathless pace and in a tone of relentless good cheer, despite the rising body count. The first installment in a popular series that parodies the famous Philo Vance stories of S. S. Van Dine, this novel offers sophisticated humor amid a madcap romp as well as a challenging mystery.
Dover (2015) republication of the edition originally published by Modern Age Books, New York, 1939.
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