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Robert Anton Wilson’s favorite puzzle-box mystery writer: John Dickson Carr

Mark Frauenfelder
Dec 17, 2025
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The Crooked Hinge (1937)

Author Robert Anton Wilson read almost all of mystery writer John Dickson Carr’s books. In an interview included in the Hilaritas Press edition of Coincidance, RAW explained his affection for Carr: the man lacked “the literary values of Chandler or Dashiell Hammett” but excelled at puzzles. “I don’t think one always wants literat…

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