{"product_id":"the-mad-book-of-mysteries-lou-silverstone-jack-rickard-1980","title":"The Mad Book OF Mysteries Lou Silverstone Jack Rickard 1980","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mad Book Of Mysteries, written by Lou Silverstone and illustrated by Jack Rickard.  Paperback, 192 pages.  Copyright 1980, Warner Books Edition. Fourth printing, printed in the USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e The MAD Book of Mysteries, written by Lou Silverstone and illustrated by Jack Rickard, is a collection of MAD-style parodies of classic detective and mystery fiction. Rather than following one continuous story, the book pokes fun at familiar mystery conventions and legendary fictional detectives, including send-ups of Hercule Poirot, Sam Spade, Dick Tracy, Ellery Queen, Charlie Chan, Perry Mason, and Sherlock Holmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe humor comes from taking the familiar elements of detective stories—brilliant deductions, suspicious characters, murder investigations, hard-boiled private eyes, police procedures, and dramatic revelations—and twisting them into absurd MAD comedy. Among the recurring spoofs are such deliberately mangled characters as Hercules Pirouette, Archer Spillane Spayed, Shtick Tracer, Allergy Queen, Charlie China, Perry Maceface, and Shamus Holmes. The result is essentially a loving but irreverent send-up of the mystery genre and its larger-than-life crime-solving heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e The book is in very good condition with some very light signs of being read on the cover edges. There is a small 1\/2\" inch light stain on the bottom right edge of the back cover and the last few pages of the book. The inside pages are in very good condition (see photos).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mad Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52832978403613,"sku":"PTHM5506S","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0283\/9805\/9606\/files\/mad-book-mysteries.jpg?v=1788025584","url":"https:\/\/tulipstuff.com\/products\/the-mad-book-of-mysteries-lou-silverstone-jack-rickard-1980","provider":"TulipStuff","version":"1.0","type":"link"}