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	[[File:atlantic-monthly-press-1994-nevermore.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|Nevermore (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994)]]		[[File:atlantic-monthly-press-1994-nevermore.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|Nevermore (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994)]]

	"Nevermore" is a novel written by [[William Hjortsberg]] published by ''Atlantic Monthly Press'' in 1994. In this novel, the main characters are [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] and [[Harry Houdini]].		"Nevermore" is a novel written by [[William Hjortsberg]] published by ''Atlantic Monthly Press'' in 1994. In this novel, the main characters are [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] and Harry Houdini.


	== Plot summary ==		== Plot summary ==

	Set in 1923 in New York City, this droll and captivating fantasy-part gothic mystery, part Who's Who of the Jazz Age, part Perils of Pauline-reads like a collaboration between Mary Roberts Rinehart and Dorothy Parker. Fancifully peopled with the ghost of Edgar Allen Poe, famous personages ([[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], [[Harry Houdini]], Damon Runyon) and a supporting cast of thousands, the action turns merrily around the Victorian obsession with spiritualism and its vestigial carryover into the Flapper Era. The narrative involves a series of Ripper-like murders that recreate the macabre stories of Poe. Touring the U.S. as advocates of spiritualism, [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\|Sir Arthur]] and [[Jean Elizabeth Leckie\|Lady ~~Jean~~ Doyle]] are reunited with Harry and Bess Houdini, friends since the magician's 1920 tour of Great Britain, where he indulged his passion for debunking spirit mediums. Though both [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] and Houdini are drawn against their wills into the furor created by the bizarre killings, and though both wind up being stalked by the killer, they find their warm if oddly antipathetic camaraderie strained when Houdini ridicules a private séance given him by Lady ~~Jean~~. Meanwhile, atop the list of suspects stands the enigmatic Isis, a sexy clairvoyant who also has suffered at the hands of the cavalier Houdini.		Set in 1923 in New York City, a series of Ripper-like murders that recreate the macabre stories of Poe. Touring the U.S. as advocates of spiritualism, [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\|Sir Arthur]] and [[Jean Elizabeth Leckie\|Lady Conan Doyle]] are reunited with Harry Houdini and Bess Houdini, friends since the magician's 1920 tour of Great Britain, where he indulged his passion for debunking spirit mediums. Though both [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] and Houdini are drawn against their wills into the furor created by the bizarre killings, and though both wind up being stalked by the killer, they find their warm if oddly antipathetic camaraderie strained when Houdini ridicules a private séance given him by [[Jean Elizabeth Leckie\|Lady Conan Doyle]]. Meanwhile, atop the list of suspects stands the enigmatic Isis, a sexy clairvoyant who also has suffered at the hands of the cavalier Houdini...

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[[File:atlantic-monthly-press-1994-nevermore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Nevermore (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994)]]

"Nevermore" is a novel written by [[William Hjortsberg]] published by ''Atlantic Monthly Press'' in 1994. In this novel, the main characters are [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] and [[Harry Houdini]].

== Plot summary ==

Set in 1923 in New York City, this droll and captivating fantasy-part gothic mystery, part Who's Who of the Jazz Age, part Perils of Pauline-reads like a collaboration between Mary Roberts Rinehart and Dorothy Parker. Fancifully peopled with the ghost of Edgar Allen Poe, famous personages ([[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], [[Harry Houdini]], Damon Runyon) and a supporting cast of thousands, the action turns merrily around the Victorian obsession with spiritualism and its vestigial carryover into the Flapper Era. The narrative involves a series of Ripper-like murders that recreate the macabre stories of Poe. Touring the U.S. as advocates of spiritualism, [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur]] and [[Jean Elizabeth Leckie|Lady Jean Doyle]] are reunited with Harry and Bess Houdini, friends since the magician's 1920 tour of Great Britain, where he indulged his passion for debunking spirit mediums. Though both [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] and Houdini are drawn against their wills into the furor created by the bizarre killings, and though both wind up being stalked by the killer, they find their warm if oddly antipathetic camaraderie strained when Houdini ridicules a private séance given him by Lady Jean. Meanwhile, atop the list of suspects stands the enigmatic Isis, a sexy clairvoyant who also has suffered at the hands of the cavalier Houdini.

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