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James Thurber
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The Cases of Blue Ploermell
by James Thurber
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 59,520.
Language:
English.
Published: September 29, 2021
by
Peschel Press.
Categories:
Fiction » Humor & comedy » Parody, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories
In 1923, a young James Thurber wrote 13 short Sherlockian parodies (10,000 words) for his newspaper in Columbus, Ohio. They starred Blue Ploermell, a “psychosocial” detective with a fondness for animal crackers. Aided by his Chinese manservant, he solves cases with his cock-eyed deductions and a knack for leaping to the wrong conclusion. This book contains the stories plus essays about Thurber.