The Gorgeous Ghoul
by BABCOCK, DWIGHT V
Price: $50.00
- Bookseller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 9970E
- Publisher: Knopf
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1941
Book Description
New York: Knopf, 1941. First Edition. Near fine very lightly used copy without dust jacket. This detective novel marks the second appearance of the character Hanna Van Doren, the first female hardboiled detective in American literature. As Babcock depicts her: “You wouldn’t guess it from looking at her - because she had the face of an angel - but Hannah Van Doren thrived on murder.” The timing of Ms. Van Doren’s debut on the literary scene is interesting, as it comes at the beginning of World War II when many women were assuming the professional roles that had been left behind by the departed soldiers.
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