The Department of Queer Complaints is a collection of detective stories by American writer John Dixon Carr . First published by Harper & Brothers New York in 1954 . The collection includes stories about both Dr. Fell and Henry Merriweil - the author’s two favorite investigators.
Content
- 1 Contents
- 2 First Editions of Stories
- 3 Translations into Russian
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Contents
- Third Bullet ( The Third Bullet , originally under the pseudonym Carter Dixon, abbreviated). Extra-serial story.
- Ulica - the red wig (The Clue of the Red Wig) . The author’s only story with a private detective is a woman.
- House in the Goblin Wood (The House in Goblin Wood) . A story from a series about the adventures of Sir Henry Merrivale.
- The Wrong Problem . Dr. Fell.
- Proverbial Murder Dr. Fell.
- The locked room (The Locked Room) . Dr. Fell.
- Letter from New York (The Gentleman from Paris) . A historical detective with the participation of real historical figures against the background of America in the mid-19th century.
First Editions of Stories
- Third bullet: Hodder & Stoughton , London , 1937 . As part of a series of paperback publications by various detective authors, a separate book [1] . This shortened version is first introduced in EQMM ; it is shorter than the full one, reissued only in 1991 in the anthology of Fell and foul play , by almost 20%.
- Ulica - A red wig: Strand Magazine , December 1940; later at EQMM for December 1948.
- House in the Goblin Forest: In Strand and EQMM at the same time, in December 1947.
- Wrong Problem: The (London) Evening Standard (August 14, 1936); EQMM , July 1942.
- Proverbial Murder: EQMM , July 1943, under the heading "The Proverbial Murderer"; The Saint Detective Magazine , May 1959
- Locked Room: The Strand , July 1940; EQMM , November 1943.
- Letter from New York: EQMM , April 1950.
Translations into Russian
Attempts to make a full translation of the collection into Russian at the moment have not been made. However, individual stories are available for reading:
- The Third Bullet is printed in the homonymous volume 31 of the Collected Works, John Dixon Carr. The classic of the detective ": M .: Tsentrpoligraf, 2009 , p.265-351, translator V.V. Tirdatov.
- Letter from New York "is presented in three different translations and four editions:
- 1962 - f. The Seeker No. 2, pp. 99-119, A. Abramov.
- 1977 - f. Science and Life No. 6-7, G. Dmitriev (Letter from New York).
- 1992 - Sat “From the Piggy Bank of a Detective” M .: Initiator (Anthology of the World Detective in 6 vols), vol. 4 (b), pp. 77-100, A. Abramov.
- 1993 - autosat. "John Dixon Carr" Kiev: Svenas (DFT), p. 404-431, G. Chemerinsky.
Notes
- ↑ Detailed explanation of Douglas J. Green on this issue (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment December 4, 2011. Archived March 4, 2016.