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...those versed in detective-story ways, the murderer is evident during the latter two-thirds of the book; but, because the plot is still going on, in terest continues to the end. The writer's attempt to be literary is cen tred on his similes ? one on nearly every page. The prize examples: "He carried his left hand upright like a bouquet and through the bandages a spot of red stood out like a scarlet snow-flower on a mountain slope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Precis Grotesques* | 5/4/1925 | See Source »

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