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Brooklyn block for 42 years, refusing to join the whites who fled as the neighborhood became 95 percent black.
528:. (New York: Davis Publications) (Contains "Kindly Dig Your Grave," "The Crime of Ezechiele Coen," "The Great Persuader," "The Day the Thaw Came to 127," "Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl," "The Last Bottle in the World," "Coin of the Realm," "The Payoff," "The Other Side of the Wall," "The Corruption of Officer Avakadian," and "The Twelfth Statue.)
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wrote, "Stanley Ellin's career was blessed with a first story that everyone remembers and many consider the finest of the three dozen or so short stories he produced in over 35 years. But in truth even without 'The
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story, and well-written, as Ellin's books characteristically are. ... At the bottom of the controversy is that Ellin has supplied his bigot with reasons for his actions, reasons that some critics apparently have found compelling enough to be called "justifications." That's not what they are, says
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and other periodicals, wrote that "what has given Ellin such lasting renown in the pantheon of short story writers is surely the precision of his plotting: the clockwork accuracy by which each element of a given tale contributes subtly, effortlessly, inexorably toward some crushing
37:. After a brief tenure in the Army, at the insistence of his wife, Ellin began writing full time. While his novels are acclaimed, he is best known for his short stories. In May 1948, his first sale, and one of Ellin's most famous short stories, "The Specialty of the House" ("
506:; contains "The Specialty of the House", "The Cat's Paw", "Death on Christmas Eve", "The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby", "Fool's Mate", "The Best of Everything", "The Betrayers", "The House Party", "Broker's Special", "The Moment of Decision") (New York: Simon & Schuster)
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contest of 1948. "Laffler, a gourmet, goes with his assistant for a dinner at an exclusive restaurant. The kitchen is what
Laffler wants to see – which is a great mistake" because he discovers that the specialty, called lamb Amirstan, is actually made of
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in 1936 when he was 19 years old. He married Jeanne
Michael, a freelance editor and former classmate, in 1937; they had one daughter, Sue Ellin (Mrs. William Jacobsen), and a granddaughter, Tae Ellin. Apart from some travel abroad and some time spent in
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reputation built firmly upon novels and some of the most imaginative stories in the mystery-suspense field." Among other comments, Hoch compares Ellin's story "The Cat's-Paw" to
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his novels that Ellin most effectively demonstrates his opposition to the view that crime fiction is at best merely escapist fare. Ellin identifies not only with
54:). His first Edgar was for the short story "The House Party" in 1954, the next for the short story "The Blessington Method" in 1956, and his third for the novel
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and its lonely patrons" earned the Best First Story Award in the
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Taylor added that Ellin's stories are sometimes left unresolved:
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84:(MWA). In 1981, he was awarded the MWA's highest honor, the
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513:(New York: Random House, 1964). (Contains "Foreword" by
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1782:St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers
1441:The Blessington Method and Other Strange Tales
522:Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked Stories
511:The Blessington Method and Other Strange Tales
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371:(New York: Random House) (shortlisted for
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1818:Petersen, Clarence (October 20, 1985).
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1617:Ellin, Stanley (1979). "Introduction".
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307:Dreadful Summit: A Novel of Suspense
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1780:(1996). "Stanley Ellin: Overview".
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403:Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
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1723:Keenan, "Stanley Ellin," p. 575.
1100:1972 - "Alter-Ego" - Adapted by
618:"The Last Bottle in the World",
328:(New York: Simon & Schuster)
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415:Carroll & Graf Publishers
58:in 1959. Several episodes of
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688:The Key to Nicholas Street
579:"The Blessington Method",
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386:) (New York: Random House)
373:Edgar Award for Best Novel
337:Edgar Award for Best Novel
335:(New York: Random House) (
326:The Key to Nicholas Street
82:Mystery Writers of America
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1479:The Two Bottles of Relish
1403:Clarence Petersen of the
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1033:Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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925:Alfred Hitchcock Presents
902:Alfred Hitchcock Presents
887:Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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837:and Robert C. Dennis for
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592:"The Day of the Bullet",
454:(New York: Random House,
439:(New York: Random House,
424:(New York: Random House,
393:(New York: Random House,
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41:in England), appeared in
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260:He appeared, along with
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39:Speciality of the House"
2490:American male novelists
2485:Brooklyn College alumni
1376:and a reviewer for the
1263:Tales of the Unexpected
1244:Tales of the Unexpected
1217:Tales of the Unexpected
1193:Tales of the Unexpected
923:and Victor Wolfson for
493:Short story collections
488:(New York: Arbor House)
452:Star Light, Star Bright
401:) - This novel won the
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1958:Works by Stanley Ellin
1921:University of Oklahoma
1912:World Literature Today
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1122:Michael-James Wixted,
705:The Best of Everything
682:, France, directed by
552:Selected short stories
175:Ellin was educated at
155:Robert Louis Stevenson
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2475:Writers from Brooklyn
2118:and Per Wahlöö (1971)
1571:Silet, Charles L. P.
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1338:The Red-Headed League
921:Bernard C. Schoenfeld
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1919:(1). Norman, Okla.:
1557:on 16 November 2006.
1327:Fellow crime writer
973:by Robert Blees for
916:, and Irene Windust.
742:A Prayer in the Dark
696:Nothing But the Best
384:The Man from Nowhere
369:The Valentine Estate
315:Simon & Schuster
203:in 1944-1945 during
186:Miami Beach, Florida
124:Lakewood, New Jersey
108:Bath Beach, Brooklyn
25:Stanley Edward Elkin
2470:Edgar Award winners
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2302:T. Jefferson Parker
2158:William H. Hallahan
2032:Charlotte Armstrong
1663:Rockville, Maryland
914:Elizabeth Patterson
744:, USA, directed by
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729:, USA, directed by
716:, USA, directed by
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566:"The House Party",
355:The Panama Portrait
222:shows it is close.
2260:Mary Willis Walker
2224:Stuart M. Kaminsky
2098:Donald E. Westlake
1541:Liukkonen, Petri.
1411:The Dark Fantastic
1334:Arthur Conan Doyle
1063:and Maggie Pierce.
801:and Howard Wierum.
778:D. A. Clarke-Smith
699:, UK, directed by
467:The Dark Fantastic
437:The Luxembourg Run
255:Armchair Detective
168:He graduated from
86:Grand Master Award
35:Brooklyn, New York
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1952:Books and Writers
1946:Petri Liukkonen.
1655:American Heritage
1423:private detective
1358:Fyodor Dostoevski
1278:Jonathan Glassner
1202:Elizabeth Spriggs
971:The Eighth Circle
944:Bill S. Ballinger
883:James P. Cavanagh
828:Malcolm Atterbury
646:Media adaptations
333:The Eighth Circle
159:Guy de Maupassant
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