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Gilbert, Michael, Man Who Hated Banks, The: And Other Stories
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The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection describes Gilbert as "one of the finest of the post-World War II generation of detective story writers." The Mystery Writers of America recognized Gilbert's contributions with its highest honour, the Grand Master Award.
From Kirkus Reviews:
Readers familiar with Gilbert's matchless spy stories (Game Without Rules, 1967, etc.) will be especially grateful to have these 18 previously uncollected stories from 1948 through 1979. The short-shorts (featuring either Chief Inspector Hazlerigg or the solicitor Bohun) are notable for the ingenuity and variety of their riddles (how could a wanted man disappear from a deserted street? which of three men gave the fellow train-traveler in their compartment a fatal heart attack, and how?); the mid-length stories, especially a cycle of three linked tales featuring brutish, fallen Chief Inspector Mercer, are striking examples of Gilbert's wit and compression; and the title story, which sets Inspector Patrick Petrella against a man who robs banks to work off a grudge, is flavorsome and eventful enough to serve a less polished professional for a full-length novel. Pure pleasure--and a particular treat for readers who've been following Gilbert for any substantial fraction of the last 50 years. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherCrippen & Landru Pub
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1885941161
- ISBN 13 9781885941169
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages255
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. Limited edition, # 68 of 300 copies. 255 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4. Blue cloth covered boards stamped red on spine. Light blue dj. Signed & numbered by the author.Laid in: carbon typescript one story in the book. Very minor edgewear. No other markings. author. Seller Inventory # 79412
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Direct from the late Michael Gilbert's personal library in Kent, this was his own copy of The Man Who Hated Banks and other Mysteries. It bears the author's distinctive personal green and white library label stuck to the front pastedown. Fine in fine pictorial dustwrapper. Just a few sporadic spots to the fore-edge. This is a unique copy, being both signed and marked Number 0 by the author. Michael Gilbert was a personal acquaintance of the seller, who acquired the book from his family after the author's death in 2006. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 2302
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