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Beware of the trains : (sixteen stories)

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Description: "Beware of the Trains consists of sixteen short stories of detection told with impeccable wit and brilliance. Once again the delightful Gervase Fen, Professor of English Language and Literature in Oxford University, applies his irresistible logic to a series of dark doings which have so baffled the police that they are not always aware of the true nature of the crimes they are investigating. The results are always original, often startling and invariably entertaining"--Jacket.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1962]
Call number: 644064
Creator: Crispin, Edmund (1921-1978)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Donald Duke, 2015.
Dimensions: 21 cm
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Beware of the trains : (sixteen stories)

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