: Ellis Parker Butler
: Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective
: Ktoczyta.pl
: 9788381621700
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: English
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A hilarious parody of the detective genre - Philo Gubb dreams of becoming a detective like Sherlock Holmes and quitting his job as a wallpaper-hanger. He enrolls in a correspondence course which offers lessons and various disguises. He soon gets involved in several cases and much to his surprise - and those around him - proves to be rather adept at solving crimes. Amazingly, he solves many puzzles and even catches some real thieves and other criminals usually by some mistake or turn of circumstance that puts the criminals in his lap. Each of these stories is a complete mystery so if you read just one, you will know it's beginning and the unorthodox methods by which Philo Gubb solves it using his woeful 'deteckative' skills. 'Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective ' is one of the first and best detective parodies.

THE HARD-BOILED EGG

Walking close along the wall, to avoid the creaking floor boards, Philo Gubb, paper-hanger and student of the Rising Sun Detective Agency’s Correspondence School of Detecting, tiptoed to the door of the bedroom he shared with the mysterious Mr. Critz. In appearance Mr. Gubb was tall and gaunt, reminding one of a modern Don Quixote or a human flamingo; by nature Mr. Gubb was the gentlest and most simple-minded of men. Now, bending his long, angular body almost do