The Man Who Couldn't Sleep: An Insomniac Adrift in New York

· Aeneas Press
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A man cured of insomnia only by walking New York at night keeps stumbling into other people's crimes, and the episodes link into one. Stringer wrote fast for the magazines and this is the sharpest of his city books. This edition adds 57 plates of painting from 1830 to 1926, among them Ludwik de Laveaux, Manuel Ferran i Bayona and James 'Clock' Shaw.
A man cured of insomnia only by walking New York at night keeps stumbling into other people's crimes, and the episodes link into one. Stringer wrote fast for the magazines and this is the sharpest of his city books. This edition adds 57 plates of painting from 1830 to 1926, among them Ludwik de L...

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Arthur Stringer (1874-1950) was a Canadian novelist and poet born in Chatham, Ontario. He farmed in Alberta, wrote for the New York magazines, and produced screenplays in the silent era, including work on the serial The Perils of Pauline. His works include The Prairie Wife, The Man Who Couldn't Sleep, and The Silver Poppy.
Arthur Stringer (1874-1950) was a Canadian novelist and poet born in Chatham, Ontario. He farmed in Alberta, wrote for the New York magazines, and produced screenplays in the silent era, including work on the serial The Perils of Pauline. His works include The Prairie Wife, The Man Who Couldn't S...

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