Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly
- Written by John Franklin Bardin
- ISBN: 9781613472682
- Format: Hardcover, 248pp
- Publish Date: December 1, 2020
- Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"
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- Genre: Crime
- Publication Type: Collection
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About
John Franklin Bardin (1916-1981) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1946, Bardin entered a period of intense creativity during which he wrote three crime novels that were relatively unsuccessful at first, one of them not even being published in America until the late 1960s, but which have since become well-regarded cult novels. Is best-regarded works, The Deadly Percheron, The Last of Philip Banter and Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly experienced renewed interest in the 1970s when they were discovered by British readers. He resided New York City’s East Village until his death on July 9, 1981.“What if your husband had fallen in love with someone else?” Dr Danzer had asked her gently. “Would that be so terrible?” New York, 1946, and Ellen is returning home to Basil after the breakdown that has interrupted her career as one of the city's most gifted concert harpsichordists ver the next terrifying weeks, John Franklin Bardin's finest novel plays a virtuoso performance on themes of music and madness, unfolding an unforgettable thriller-nightmare in which Ellen is both the criminal, and the agonized victim Julian Symons commended this novel with the following review: “One of the most convincing and frightening ‘psychological' crime stories ever written.
Ardin was ahead of his time He belongs not to the world of Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr, but to that of Patricia Highsmith and Edgar Allan Poe.” This new edition of Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly features a new introduction by Frank Bardin, John Franklin Bardin's son, and the first part of an unfinished novel, “Black Counted Fair,” published here for the first time anywhere ombined with cover art by Dan Rempel, this new edition of Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly is essential noir reading Perhaps just as important, this publication of Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly marks its first-ever U. S. hardcover appearance! edition information.
Edition Details
- New introduction by Frank Bardin.
- Signed by Frank Bardin and cover artist Dan Rempel.
- Facsimile signature by John Franklin Bardin.
- Bound in full black cloth.
- Patterned endpapers.
- Head and tail bands.
Contents:
- introduction
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External Links
- Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly. Centipede Press page for Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly
- John Franklin Bardin (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for John Franklin Bardin