The Key to Nicholas Street Stanley Ellin 1952 Dell Book 763

The Key to Nicholas Street
Stanley Ellin
Dell Publishing
Copyright 1952
191 pages
Dell Book 763
Cover art by Verne Tossey

The binding is in good condition, the pages are tanned, the cover and first two pages have a stain on the bottom corner. The cover is scuffed and has a small stain spot on the back. Good. Paperback.

A study of small town mentalities, of ingrown respectability, of cannibalistic family relationships. The clarity and freshness of its writing, its skill in the gradual unfolding of complex and contradictory characters, might well be envied by many serious writers. It is also a pure formal detective story, with dexterously concealed clues. (#00001606)