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010      2019056962 
020    9781464212987|q(paperback) 
020    1464212988|q(paperback) 
035    (OCoLC)1112422158 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dNZAUC|dMZG|dOCLCF 
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049    CKEA 
050 00 PS3513.R1457|bR3 2020 
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100 1  Grafton, C. W.|q(Cornelius Warren),|d1909-1982,|eauthor. 
245 14 The rat began to gnaw the rope /|cC. W. Grafton ; edited, 
       with an introduction and notes, by Leslie S. Klinger. 
263    2006 
264  1 Naperville, IL :|bPoisoned Pen Press,|c[2020] 
264  4 |c©2020 
300    xiv, 280 pages ;|c22 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Library of Congress crime classics 
500    "The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope was first published by 
       Farrar & Rinehart in 1943. A notation in the Library of 
       Congress's first edition copy states it is a 'war edition,
       ' meaning the novel's complete text appears at reduced 
       size to comply with paper conservation orders of the War 
       Production Board during World War II."--Title page verso. 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
520    "The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope follows Gil Henry, a 
       Kentucky lawyer who begins investigating a stock fraud and
       winds up investigating a murder. When Ruth McClure 
       approaches Gil and asks him to investigate the stock she 
       inherited from her father, he reluctantly agrees, never 
       expecting to be embroiled in scandal, subterfuge, and 
       murder. But the more he digs the deeper the manipulation 
       scheme goes, and it becomes unclear whether Gil will find 
       a way out. In this portrait of pre-WWII America, this 
       exceptional mystery combines fast-paced plotting and a 
       breezy writing style with C.W. Grafton's thorough 
       knowledge of the law. Grafton was also one of the first to
       add humor to the hard-boiled style of Hammett and 
       Chandler."--|cProvided by publisher. 
648  7 1933-1945|2fast 
650  0 Securities fraud|vFiction. 
650  0 Murder|xInvestigation|zKentucky|vFiction. 
650  7 Murder|xInvestigation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01029788 
650  7 Securities fraud.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01110802 
651  0 Kentucky|vFiction. 
651  0 United States|xHistory|y1933-1945|vFiction. 
651  7 Kentucky.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204494 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 Detective and mystery fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01726581 
655  7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
655  7 Legal fiction (Literature)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01921711 
655  7 Mystery fiction.|2gsafd 
655  7 Detective and mystery fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Legal fiction (Literature)|2lcgft 
700 1  Klinger, Leslie S.,|eeditor,|ewriter of introduction,
       |ewriter of supplementary textual content. 
830  0 Library of Congress crime classics. 
914    MID.b26481650 
994    C0|bCKE