{"product_id":"oliver-quade-the-human-encyclopedia-smashing-detective-stories-paperback","title":"Oliver Quade, the Human Encyclopedia: Smashing Detective Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Gruber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKevin Burton Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eKeith Alan Deutsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of stories starring one of the most unique sleuths ever to crack a case\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver Quade knows the record for most eggs laid by a single hen. He knows which state has the longest coastline. He knows why cats purr, who signed the Magna Carta, and who won the two-hundred-twenty-meter race in the 1896 Olympics. Oliver Quade is the Human Encyclopedia, with an answer to every question save one: \"When are you going to pay the rent?\"\u003cbr\u003eHoping to solve this tricky problem, Quade heads to a poultry convention to sell some encyclopedias, and is just starting his sales pitch when a dead man is found in an incubator. It's a puzzle that Quade will have to solve if he wants to escape the convention--and hopefully scrounge up some rent money along the way.\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume of stories, the Human Encyclopedia tangles with poisoned darts, dog show killers, and Civil War forgeries, but nothing proves quite so troublesome as the most dangerous villain of all: the landlord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Gruber (1904-1969) was an enormously prolific author of pulp fiction. A stalwart contributor to \u003ci\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, he also wrote novels, producing as many as four a year during the 1940s. His best-known character was Oliver Quade, \"the Human Encyclopedia,\" whose adventures were collected in \u003ci\u003eBrass Knuckles\u003c\/i\u003e (1966), and will soon be republished in ebook format as \u003ci\u003eOliver Quade, the Human Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring brand-new material, from MysteriousPress.com, Open Road Integrated Media, and \u003ci\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 434\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 8.03 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771980054816,"sku":"9781480461383","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a5acf158b0c569e871dbfb4a580c3ca2.webp?v=1780398767","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/oliver-quade-the-human-encyclopedia-smashing-detective-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}