Publication: M Evans and Company, Inc, 1977, New York
M. Evans and Company, Inc., [1977]. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine in dust jacket. Two separate stories - "A Travesty" and "Ordo." In "A Travesty," Carey Thorpe accidentally kills his girlfriend. As a result, Thorpe "flails and conives his way through a plot so devious that it finally sums up the entire genre of the Mystery Story. Carey successively becomes the Detective's Sidekick, the Least Obvious Suspect, the Amateur Detective, the Innocent Accused, and the Murderer Himself." In the second story in the book, "Ordo," Ordo Tupikos discovers that the woman he was once married to is now the reigning sex queen of the movies. So, what does he do???
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