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This novelization captures the pathos, drama, and horror of this story of the beast who loved. Doubling up as a crime writer, playwright, and journalist, he wrote over 175 novels, 40 short story collections, 24 plays, and numerous articles in journals and newspapers in less than 3 decades of writing. Edgar wallace 18751932, english novelist, journalist and playwright, prolific author of crime fiction and thrillers, best known for king kong 1932 unfinished. Wallace was working on the screenplay for the film king kong when he. Cooper and partner edgar wallace, although it was later revealed that they had little to do with the novel. In terms of the cohesive, crisp storyline, and vivid descriptions, king kong is better than the land time forgot. Librivox recording of the daffodil mystery by edgar wallace. Richard horatio edgar wallace 18751932 was a prolific british crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. As an author, he wrote more than 150 detective novels, selling as many as 5 million in one year. Books by wallace, edgar sorted by popularity project. In 1952, it was reissued along with rkos leopard man and i walked with a zombie.
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