A first-rate detective novel that explores media's manipulation of a gullible public.
A cult leader announces a miracle will take place and she will rise to heaven. A medium prophesies the date, publicity gets to work, and all of America hums with anticipation. On the appointed day, she disappears and scientist Mortimer Hood, there to verify the miracle, must investigate how--and whether--the whole thing is a hoax, or if the priestess has been murdered.
Originally published in 1936, this edition features a new introduction by poet and academic Gregory Betts (editor of The Wrong World: Bertram Brooker's Stories and Essays).
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Bertram Brooker (1888-1955) was one of Canada's first abstract painters. A self-taught polymath, in addition to being a visual artist, Brooker was a Governor General's Award-winning novelist, as well as a poet, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, copywriter, graphic designer, and advertising executive.
Gregory Betts is a Canadian poet, editor, and professor at Brock University with a speciality in Canadian and avant-garde literature. The author of seven books of poetry and nine books of experimental writing, he also edited and contributed the introduction for The Wrong World: Bertram Brooker's Stories and Essays (2009).
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Soft cover. Etat : As New. Bertram Brooker (illustrateur). Originally published in 1936, this edition features a new introduction by poet and academic Gregory Betts (editor of The Wrong World: Bertram Brooker's Stories and Essays). A good mystery written in the style of the 1930s but it should also be read in the context of Art and the Group of Seven. Brooker is considered a member and the first Canadian to exhibit abstract art. Several of the Group were followers of Theosophy and the cult leader appears to be based on Madam Blavatsky. A Mortimer Hood Mystery written under the pseudonym of Huxley Herne. From the cover: A first-rate detective novel that explores media's manipulation of a gullible public. A cult leader announces a miracle will take place and she will rise to heaven. A medium prophesies the date, publicity gets to work, and all of America hums with anticipation. On the appointed day, she disappears and scientist Mortimer Hood, there to verify the miracle, must investigate how and whether the whole thing is a hoax, or if the priestess has been murdered. N° de réf. du vendeur 000485
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