Tuesday, July 04, 2017

PaperBack



Rex Stout, The Red Bull, Dell, 1947

5 comments:

Rick Robinson said...

I don't believe I've read this one.

Rick said...

It's better known as "Some Buried Caesar". It's the one where Archie (and Nero, since they're on a road trip trip together) meet Lily Rowan for the first time...
(Rick Libott)

Don Coffin said...

Why did they change the title for that paperback edition?

Rick Robinson said...

Rick, thanks, now that I know that, of course I've read it. Strange they would change the name. Dan's right...why?

Rick said...

When I googled it earlier today, I found it had been serialized in American Mercury Magazine under the title "The Red Bull".

Probably Dell wanted to cash in on the pre-sold title. Or possibly they didn't want to irritate buyers by selling them something the reader had already read...though I doubt they cared about latter.
(Caesar the breeding bull referenced in the Dell title was red in color.)

(Rick Libott)