The vicious circle
Subtitle: mystery and crime stories by members of the Algonquin Round Table
By: edited by Otto Penzler
Publisher: Fall River Pr.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781435111141
Subjects: Short stories; Nouvelles; Mystery fiction
Description: A collection of short mystery and detective stories by members of the Algonquin Round Table, including S.J. Perelman's "Farewell, my lovely appetizer," Ring Lardner's "Haircut," and Dorothy Parker's "Big blonde."
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Otto Penzler; title: Coroner's inquest  -- Marc Connelly; title: The mystery of the poisoned kipper  -- Robert Benchley; title: Farewell, my lovely appetizer  -- S.J. Perelman; title: Haircut  -- Ring Lardner; title: Moonlight sonata  -- Alexander Woollcott; title: The great Warburton mystery  -- George S. Kaufman and Howard Dietz; title: Big blonde  -- Dorothy Parker; title: Up the close and down the stair  -- S.J. Perelman; title: The man who came back  -- Edna Ferber; title: Rien ne va plus  -- Alexander Woollcott; title: Four-and-twenty blackjacks  -- S.J. Perelman; title: Stop me--if you've heard this one -- Ring Lardner.