Description: THE VOICE OF THE SEVEN SPARROWS by Harry Stephen Keeler FIRST EDITIONPublished in 1924 by Hutchinson Henry Stephen Keeler (1890-1967) was an American author of mysteries and science fiction, and one of the most enigmatic writers of the twentieth century. Although he wrote mysteries, he really belongs to the avant-garde. He claimed to build his plots from randomly selected newspaper articles. His editors didn't know what to do with him, and he constantly revised his books so there are often significant differences between the US and UK editions of his work. 'We are drawn to the inescapable conclusion that Mr Keeler writes his peculiar novels merely to satisfy his own undisciplined urge for creative joy.' The New York Times, 1942 '... literature that tenaciously disregards convention to form its own bizarre criteria of excellence.' 'Once you read a Keeler, you're never quite the same.' Harry Stephen Keeler Society Francis M Nevins wrote of Keeler: 'His universe is full of the grotesque, the deformed and the rotten, but is not less amply stocked with the wildly hilarious. His targets - the military, the state, capitalism, racism - and his special interests - the occult, Eastern philosophy, science fiction - make him especially relevant to the nightmarish Sixties and Seventies which have forgotten him. An outrageous exuberant maniac behind the typewriter, he was always his own man, there was never anyone like him before or since, and I doubt the planet could produce another to match him. He was the sublime nutty genius of American literature, and as long as boundless creativity is cherished, so will Harry Stephen Keeler be.' Rare 1st UK edition of the author's first novel. The book will be well wrapped and boxed and sent by recorded delivery. International Postage Costs by Royal Mail International Tracked & Signed: Europe - £18.00USA & Asia - £25.00Australia - £26.00 I've listed some other books which may be of interest.
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Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Fiction Subject: Crime Thriller, Mystery
Author: Harry Stephen Keeler
Publisher: Hutchinson
Year Printed: 1924
