Crime and Crime Again (1990) Anthology by Bill Pronzini; Barry N Malzberg; Martin H. Greenberg (ed. Sun77)
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Overview: Crime and Crime Again is a collection of brilliant but often little-known mystery stories by world-renowned authors both past and present, from Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Leo Tolstoy to Bernard Malamud, Joyce Carol Oates, and Norman Mailer.
Great writers, when they write mystery stories, write great mystery stories—and the selections in this volume are exactly that. Crime and Crime Again has been calculated to give readers the pleasure of discovering some of the rare gems of the genre, a selection of unfamiliar and entertaining tales by some of the finest writers of the last one hundred and fifty years.
The offerings range from “The Bitter Bit” by Wilkie Collins, which is the first recorded example of the humorous detective story, to Budd Schulberg’s “Murder on the Waterfront”—sure to intrigue everyone who recalls Schulberg’s screenplay for the Academy Award-winning film On the Waterfront, and whose violent, corrupt setting it shares.
You’ll find “A Watcher by the Dead” by Ambrose Bierce, in which a creepy practical joke fatally backfires, and a classic twisted ending reveals just how far the joke really went; Edith Wharton’s haunting “Bewitched,” the story of a love that was stronger than death; a wonderful tale by John Steinbeck called “How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank,” in which the most average of average citizens quietly decides to raise his standard of living; James M. Cain’s never-before-collected story of a very hard-boiled “Cigarette Girl”; and many more intriguing mysteries.
These twenty-one unforgettable tales are guaranteed to thrill all mystery fans, literary aficionados, and everyone who enjoys superb storytelling.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
Includes the following 21 stories:
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE—The Birthmark
CHARLES DICKENS—A Pair of Gloves
WILKIE COLLINS—The Biter Bit
LEO N. TOLSTOY—God Sees the Truth but Waits
AMBROSE BIERCE—A Watcher by the Dead
H. G. WELLS—Mr. Brisher’s Treasure
RUDYARD KIPLING—The Return of Imray
ANTON CHEKHOV—The Bet
EDITH WHARTON—Bewitched
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM—Before the Party
JOHN GALSWORTHY—The Neighbors
P. G. WODEHOUSE—Without the Option
ALDOUS HUXLEY—The Gioconda Smile
JAMES M. CAIN—Cigarette Girl
ARTHUR MILLER—It Takes a Thief
BUDD SCHULBERG—Murder on the Waterfront
JOHN STEINBECK—How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank
BERNARD MALAMUD—My Son the Murderer
JOYCE CAROL OATES—Sentimental Journey
EVAN HUNTER—The Interview
NORMAN MAILER—The Killer
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