num_pages: 365
description: Capek wrote 48 stories that deconstruct the mystery story by breaking one rule here, three rules there, and yet also make for wonderful reading. His unique approaches to the mysteries of justice and truth are full of the ordinary and the extraordinary, humor and humanism.
language: English
title: Tales from Two Pockets
titlecomplete: Tales from Two Pockets
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, Czech Literature, School, Crime, Literature, Classics, Mystery, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 1774
publisher: Catbird Press