Beastly Bones
by William Ritter
MADE-UP
The first comparison of any detective story set at the end of the 19th century is Sherlock Holmes, and R.F. Jackaby, the cryptic, socially indifferent sleuth in Ritter's first novel, Jackaby, and this... (Tom)
Michael Kohlhaas
by Heinrich von Kleist
MADE-UP Phinney by Post #10
Michael Kohlhaas The title of this month's Phinney by Post pick doesn't match the title of the book, because the real selection is one of the "other stories" in The Marquise of O— and Other Stories: M... (Tom)
The Wake
by Paul Kingsmith
MADE-UP
You may have heard of The Wake, and if you have, the thing you likely heard about it is that it's told in a sort of invented version of Old English that you get used to quite quickly. That's true, and... (Tom)
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