Chalk Face
Waldo Frank · 1924
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Description
Waldo Frank wrote this novel, Chalk Face, published in New York in 1924 by Boni and Liveright. Frank had already made his name with Our America and Rahab. He opens the book with a letter to his father about their shared love of mystery stories, and his hope that this one keeps the promise so many such books break.
The dedication is a clue to the tale: a mystery, but in Frank's hands a literary one. His fiction of these years mixes city life, inner states, and strange turns of fate. Chalk Face came late in a run of novels he wrote in a burst after the war. Readers who like their mystery with a poet's touch will find it here.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Waldo Frank |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1924 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 197 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |