The Wench is Dead
New York: Dutton, 1955.
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Hardcover. First edition. A small tape shadow on each pastedown, else near fine in an attractive, very good or better dustwrapper with a faint stain to the bottom of the front flap, and some subtle rubbing at the bottom of the front panel. L.A. bartender is murdered and an undercover scholar investigating social conditions is implicated.
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Fredric Brown
birth name: Fredric William Brown
born: 10/29/1906
died: 3/11/1972
Biography
Mystery and science-fiction author, a favorite of other writers, whose works included The Fabulous Clipjoint, The Screaming Mimi, That Mad Universe, and Martians, Go Home.more