Kenneth Fearing, one of the most versatile young writers of our time, turns in a tale of murder in Dagger of the Mind, and the result, as might be expected, is a novel far removed from the conventional mystery formula, and distinguished by the style that made his first novel, The Hospital, one of the most popular and best-reviewed books of 1938.The setting for Dagger of the Mind is a community designed to harbor and sustain creative young artists of every description. It is modelled on an actual settlement not very far from New York. High-strung and erratic writers, composers, painters and musicians are thrown together into unnatural confinement, and when a killer appears in their midst,&nbsp;they are driven through a labyrinth of terrible days and nights. They are individualists all—but they cannot free themselves from each other's sinister influences! The surprising way in which the killer approaches his doom brings Kenneth Fearing's murder story to a thrilling and satisfactory conclusion. [Now available on your electronic device, thanks to the tireless folks of DP Canada.]

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