Item #4169 The Amazing Web. Harry Stephen Keeler.
The Amazing Web

The Amazing Web

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1929. First edition. 8vo (5 ¼ x 7 ½ in.) in green boards. Missing original dust jacket. 320pp. Library stamps throughout, library sticker on spine. Very good condition, minor shelf wear. Item #4169

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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