Detective Philo Gubb's Cases (Annotated)

Detective Philo Gubb's Cases gathers Ellis Parker Butler's comic mysteries featuring Philo Gubb, a paperhanger and "correspondence-school detective" whose solemn faith in manuals, clues, and deductive formulas turns investigation into delightful absurdity. Written in a brisk, vernacular-rich style, the stories parody the golden-age detective tradition while preserving its pleasures: puzzles, disgu...