In dozens of dumbfounding novels, Harry Stephen Keeler ecstatically catapulted the mystery genre into an absurdity that has yet to be equaled. Now, the Collins Library is proud to usher his best-loved work back into print. The Riddle of the Traveling Skull begins with a cutting-edge handbag and grows to engulf a villainous Bible-spouter, experimental brain surgery, Legga the Human Spider, and the unlikely asylum state of San Do Mar. Things just get stranger from there.
“You cannot possibly dream of anything half so bizarre as the yarn that Mr. Keeler has strung together.”
—New York Times (1934)
“Sometimes we wonder if anyone writing today is so vividly imaginative. We will say that Mr. Keeler is incomparable.”
—San Francisco Chronicle (1941)
“Mr. Keeler is possessed of a wild and daring imagination.”
—Boston Globe (1925)
