The Exploits of Chevalier Dupin
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First edition | |
| Author | Michael Harrison |
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| Cover artist | Ronald Clyne |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Mycroft & Moran |
Publication date | 1968 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | xi, 138 pp |
The Exploits of the Chevalier Dupin is a collection of detective short stories by author Michael Harrison. It was released in 1968 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 1,917 copies. The stories are pastiches of the C. Auguste Dupin stories of Edgar Allan Poe. The stories were first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
There is an expanded UK edition by a different publisher which adds a further five stories [1] This appeared under the title Murder in the Rue Royale and Further Exploits of the Chevalier Dupin, (UK: Tom Stacey, 1972). Both editions contain the introduction by Ellery Queen, and the non-fiction piece on Dupin by Harrison.