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Author:

Grafton, C. W. (Cornelius Warren), 1909-1982, author.

Title:

The rat began to gnaw the rope / C. W. Grafton ; edited, with an introduction and notes, by Leslie S. Klinger.

Publisher:

Poisoned Pen Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiv, 280 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

1933-1945
Securities fraud--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Kentucky--Fiction.
Kentucky--Fiction.
United States--History--1933-1945--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Klinger, Leslie S., writer of supplementary textual content. writer of introduction, writer of supplementary textual content.

Notes:

"The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope was first published by Farrar & Rinehart in 1943. A notation in the Library of Congress's first edition copy states it is a 'war edition,' meaning the novel's complete text appears at reduced size to comply with paper conservation orders of the War Production Board during World War II."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope follows Gil Henry, a Kentucky lawyer who begins investigating a stock fraud and winds up investigating a murder. When Ruth McClure approaches Gil and asks him to investigate the stock she inherited from her father, he reluctantly agrees, never expecting to be embroiled in scandal, subterfuge, and murder. But the more he digs the deeper the manipulation scheme goes, and it becomes unclear whether Gil will find a way out. In this portrait of pre-WWII America, this exceptional mystery combines fast-paced plotting and a breezy writing style with C.W. Grafton's thorough knowledge of the law. Grafton was also one of the first to add humor to the hard-boiled style of Hammett and Chandler."-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Library of Congress crime classics

ISBN:

1464212988
9781464212987

LCCN:

2019056962

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)