Harry Stephen Keeler

Cheung, Detective

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1938. First edition. 8vo (5 x 7 ½ in.) in blue boards. Missing original dust jacket. 318 pp. Very good condition, wear to edges of boards and foxing throughout. Item #4162

Harry Stephen Keeler (1890-1967) was a little-known but prolific writer and novelist whose short stories and novels have been labeled mystery and science-fiction but insistently evade the constraints of a single genre. The absurdity and intricacy of his plots, and his undying interest in the occult disguise Keeler's critical examinations of racism and capitalism in society. Full of intricate subplots, meta-narratives, and multi-level framing mechanisms, Keeler's work is one-of-a-kind American literature.

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