SMFS list member Josh Pachter is the editor
of The Man Who Read Mysteries: The Short Fiction of William
Brittain just published by Crippen
And Landru.
Publisher Synopsis:
It’s been worth the wait. One of the authors most requested by
Crippen & Landru readers throughout its 25-year history has been mystery
writer William Brittain, whose fiction challenges the reader with tricky plots
presented in a unique style.
For the first time, all of the popular “Man Who Read” stories and
a selection of the Mr. Strang stories have been collected into a single volume.
Both series appeared in Ellery
Queen’s Mystery Magazine during
the mid-years of the 20th century. Sadly, Brittain later
forsook mystery fiction to become a children’s author, and his YA novel The Wish Giver earned
him a Newbery Honor award.
This collection was edited by Josh Pachter, who also wrote the
introduction and compiled a bibliography of Brittain’s many publications.
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