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This comic mystery set in the library of a university that bears a remarkable resemblance to Cornell was a big hit in 1942, going into three printings within a month of publication. The author was Morris Bishop, professor of French literature and provost at Cornell, who hid his identity behind the pseudonym W. Bolingbroke Johnson. There is much bibliographic lore as well as a sufficient amount of genteel gore as a professor with a fondness for limericks looks into a murder in the library stacks.
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- PublisherRue Morgue Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1601870086
- ISBN 13 9781601870087
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages158
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THE WIDENING STAIN: A Comic 1940s Mystery Set at an Ivy League Library
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Book Description Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: New. Pudim, Rob (illustrator). 1st Prtg. 1st printg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery. A debonair English professor with a penchant for limericks turns sleuth when bodies show up in the stacks at an Ivy League library . Professor Parry was tall, blond and handsome. His only flaws were his thinning hair and an uncontrollable urge to inject original limericks into every conversation. When a black -haired, black-eyed professor of French (whose accent was said to take on the flavor of garlic when she got excited) is found dead in the college library, Parry has personal reasons to look into her death. Set at a thinly disguised version of Cornell University, The Widening Stain was written by a Cornell professor of romance literature (later its provost) who frequently contributed short humor pieces to The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post and Life. He pubished his only mystery under a pseudonym and denied, at least in jest, authorship. A copy of the book was found in the Cornell Library with the following limerick scribbled on the flyleaf: A cabin in northern Wisconsin / Is what I would be for the nonce in, / To be rid of the pain / Of The Widening Stain / And W. Bolingbroke Johnson . But the only pain readers will suffer will come from laughing so hard their sides might split. Published in 1942, the book was an immediate hit, going into several printings. Trade Paperback. Seller Inventory # 020050
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