The Mysterious Mickey Finn (Dover Mystery Classics), by Elliot Paul
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"It has the delicious irresponsibility of a Wodehouse plot. . . . It's one of the funniest books we've read in a long time. It contains a great deal of shrewd satire."—The New York TimesMultimillionaire and philanthropist Hugo Weiss is known in every capital of the Western world as a munificent patron of the arts. When Weiss suddenly vanishes while on a visit to Paris, his disappearance sets the stage for this uncommonly witty and urbane mystery. Homer Evans, an intrepid American detective, turns his keen intellect and remarkable intuition toward solving the puzzle of the financier's disappearance. Assisted by his sharpshooting girlfriend, a cowgirl from the American West, Evans plunges into a maelstrom of kidnapping, art forgery, tax evasion, murder, and a plot to restore the French monarchy.Set against the backdrop of bohemian Montparnasse, the story hurtles along at a breathless pace and in a tone of relentless good cheer, despite the rising body count. The first installment in a popular series that parodies the famous Philo Vance stories of S. S. Van Dine, this novel offers sophisticated humor amid a madcap romp as well as a challenging mystery."A rollicking, madcap comic mystery that will have you alternately laughing out loud and reading in silent amazement as the plot becomes more and more complex and the actions more extreme and unpredictable. It is impossible to predict what will happen next. A delicious treat for mystery lovers." — The Mutt Cafe
The Mysterious Mickey Finn (Dover Mystery Classics), by Elliot Paul- Amazon Sales Rank: #1409585 in Books
- Brand: Paul, Elliot
- Published on: 2015-03-18
- Released on: 2015-02-18
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.40" h x .50" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
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"It has the delicious irresponsibility of a Wodehouse plot. . . . It's one of the funniest books we've read in a long time. It contains a great deal of shrewd satire."—The New York TimesMultimillionaire and philanthropist Hugo Weiss is known in every capital of the Western world as a munificent patron of the arts. When Weiss suddenly vanishes while on a visit to Paris, his disappearance sets the stage for this uncommonly witty and urbane mystery. Homer Evans, an intrepid American detective, turns his keen intellect and remarkable intuition toward solving the puzzle of the financier's disappearance. Assisted by his sharpshooting girlfriend, a cowgirl from the American West, Evans plunges into a maelstrom of kidnapping, art forgery, tax evasion, murder, and a plot to restore the French monarchy.Set against the backdrop of bohemian Montparnasse, the story hurtles along at a breathless pace and in a tone of relentless good cheer, despite the rising body count. The first installment in a popular series that parodies the famous Philo Vance stories of S. S. Van Dine, this novel offers sophisticated humor amid a madcap romp as well as a challenging mystery.Dover (2015) republication of the edition originally published by Modern Age Books, New York, 1939.See every Dover book in print atwww.doverpublications.com
About the Author
Elliot Paul (1891–1958) was an American journalist and author, best known for his books The Life and Death of a Spanish Town and The Last Time I Saw Paris.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Not to be missed. By Laurie Aron The whole Eliot Paul mystery trilogy, taking place in pre-WWII Paris, is charming, light, funny--for the lover of British mystery, laughing out loud, Paris.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. M. Paul, salut! By James R. Anderson Elliot Paul pens a satiric Paris whodunit that focuses on a missingmillionaire (inspired by Otto Kahn), an art scam and the lethal MickeyFinn cocktail. Among the Parisian faces: Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas drinkingbrandy and soda. Gert had the brandy, and Alice the soda.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good mystery satire. By stickerooni It must be fun to work for Dover Publications and dig up some of these older books and offer them up for sale again. Many of their reissues are absolute treasures ... but treasures that I hadn't been familiar with beforehand. This is just such a case.Originally from 1939 comes the satirical mystery, The Mysterious Mickey Finn, by Elliot Paul. The book features amateur detective Homer Evans, a man who takes great pleasure in doing as little as possible. He's in France, so of course art takes on a role, and here we have a Norwegian friend, Jansen, of his who's been paid by an American millionaire, Hugo Weiss, to spend a year in Paris to learn and paint. The year is almost up, the money gone, Weiss is in France, and Jansen has almost nothing to show for his time.Evans concocts a scheme to help Jansen, but when Weiss goes missing after meeting with Jansen and the authorities get involved, things get out of control and the normally laconic Evans has to get busy to protect his friends and discover what really happened to Hugo Weiss.There's a fair amount of humor here. It's not always laugh-out-loud sort of humor (though I did do that a few times), but it's satire. Think M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker , or Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, or even A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. These are all books considered humorous, but are typically satire, providing a biting commentary on a personal, social, or political aspect. Now toss in a mystery, and you have The Mysterious Mickey Finn.This is not the easiest of reads, but I've often found satire to be challenging to read. You must pay very close attention to pick up on the humor, meaning that the reading goes much slower than normal (for me, leastwise). But for the astute reader, it pays off.I saw a fair amount of Hawkeye Pierce and Yossarian and even Ignatius J. Reilly (M*A*S*H, Catch-22, and A Confederacy of Dunces, respectively) in the character of Homer Evans, though perhaps given the publication dates, it safer to say that a little bit of Homer Evans is in each of the above named characters. Ultimately, it is Evans who makes this story worth reading.Looking for a good book? Mixing satire and mystery, The Mysterious Mickey Finn, by Elliot Paul, is a fun read, though you might have to work at it a little bit.I received a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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