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July 1987 Ellery Queen Magazine. Isaac Asimov cover. Edward D. Hoch, George Baxt, Henry Slesar. $4 plus ship. 📚🗡️💀🕵️‍♀️ #edwarddhoch #georgebaxt #henryslesar #elleryqueen #isaacasimov #elleryqueenmysterymagazine #vintagemystery #mystery #mysterynovel #vintagemagazines #bookaneer #bookaneer4sale (at Dodge Center, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp-63kYAhla/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=do7fwf2dw1vh

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1987 SC Swing Low Sweet Harriet George Baxt $3 +ship. #lgbtqliterature #vintagepaperbacks #lgbtq #mystery #pharoahlove #detective #lgbtqfiction #mysterynovel #detectivenovel #oldhollywood #georgebaxt #gayfiction #queerfiction #vintage #books #vintagebooks #bookaneer #bookworm #bibliophile From Wikipedia: George Baxt (June 11, 1923 – June 28, 2003) was an American screenwriter and author of crime fiction, best remembered for creating the gay black detective, Pharaoh Love. In 1966 he published A Queer Kind of Death, his first novel, which was met with considerable acclaim, not least for his creation of gay black detective Pharaoh Love. The influential New York Times critic Anthony Boucher said in his review that, "This is a detective story, and unlike any other that you have read. No brief review can attempt to convey its quality. I merely note that it deals with a Manhattan subculture wholly devoid of ethics or morality, that staid readers may well find it 'shocking', that it is beautifully plotted and written with elegance and wit ... and that you must under no circumstances miss it."A critical analysis of the book can be found in The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered. Love would be the central figure in two immediate sequels Swing Low Sweet Harriet(1967) and Topsy and Evil (1968) and also two later novels, A Queer Kind of Love (1994) and A Queer Kind of Umbrella (1995). (at Dodge Center, Minnesota)