![]() His eleven best-selling murder mysteries starring Rabbi David Small began in 1964 and ended in 1996. He was still writing a full generation after the others had stopped. But Kemelman was a late bloomer, his first book appearing when he was middle-aged. Harry Kemelman (born 1908) was a contemporary of the Ellery Queens (born 1905) and John Dickson Carr (born 1906). ![]() That copy of Friday proudly proclaimed the book had won an Edgar award. I accepted the paperback books and read them. So Howie offered me his two mystery books- Friday the Rabbi Slept Late and Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry, both by Harry Kemelman. Though I was still a kid, I was beginning to read adult books and was the only mystery reader in the family. He needed the space for his college textbooks. ![]() I had become a Kemelman fan about two years earlier, when my cousin Howie was discarding items from his bookshelf. ![]() Eventually I took my savings (from occasionally baby sitting for a neighbor) to Macy’s-they had a book department then-and bought Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet by Harry Kemelman. I never received an allowance and was never strong enough to mow lawns or shovel much snow. Do you remember the first mystery book you bought new? I remember mine.ĭuring my growing-up years, a local thrift shop always allowed little me to take whatever used books I wanted, for free. ![]()
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