Murder at Smutty Nose and Other Murders by Edmund Lester Pearson


Murder at Smutty Nose and Other Murders
Title : Murder at Smutty Nose and Other Murders
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ISBN : 0849543290
ISBN-10 : 9780849543296
Format Type : Library Binding
Number of Pages : -
Publication : First published January 1, 1927

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back [1926]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. - English, Pages 396. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.} Complete Murder at Smutty Nose : and other murders / by Edmund Pearson. 1926 Pearson, Edmund Lester, -.

Murder at Smutty Nose and Other Murders Reviews

  • Undine

    Calling Edmund Pearson a "true-crime" writer is rather like describing Dom Perignon as a cheap bit of fizz. Like his Scottish contemporary William Roughead, Pearson was a talented writer with a dry wit and pleasantly off-kilter personality, who transcended his strange subject matter to produce remarkably entertaining, usually insightful social commentary. Although both these authors had no pretensions to do anything other than entertain themselves and their readers (in that order, probably,) they make admirable historians.

    "Murder At Smutty Nose," is a fine representative collection of Pearson's work. The title essay , which chronicles a multiple murder on a lonely island, and "The Sixth Capsule," detailing the poisoning of an unwanted secret wife, are memorable examples of how banal utter cruelty and selfishness can be. On the other hand, "A Demnition Body," and "Number 31 Bond Street," are about as farcical as violent death can possibly be. "Number 31," in particular, with its bizarre cast of characters and a heroine prone to faking pregnancies--complete with borrowed baby--for inheritance purposes ("Don't touch my dear baby--this is the child of Harvey Burdell!") describes a still-unsolved mystery that no novelist would dare invent.

    However, Pearson's treatment of Constance Kent (convicted of murdering her infant brother in 1860,) and Lizzie Borden (the author's pet obsession throughout his career,) reveal his chief failing as a crime historian: Intellectual rigidity. He was too apt to take a conventional view of criminal cases--namely, that the accused was always guilty--and he seldom kept his mind open to other solutions. (This is particularly unfortunate in the Kent case, which was far more complex and unresolved than Pearson ever acknowledged.)

    This is a minor failing, however, and it should not keep anyone interested in social history--or who simply wants to read a good mystery--from giving Pearson's works a try.