by Owen Johnson · Newton Compton Editori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788879836371
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«Il sessantunesimo secondo» is the mystery and crime novel by Owen Johnson, published by Newton Compton Editori in paperback (130 pages, in Italian).
The plot revolves around a detective investigation in a nocturnal setting; a red car appears as an element linked to the central event. The story maintains an atmosphere of suspense and enigma, with a resolution based on observation and deduction typical of the classic detective genre.
It belongs to the collection «Il giallo economico classico»; the original work was published in 1913 and this Italian edition appeared in 1994.
Aimed at readers of classic detective fiction and early 20th-century mystery.
Owen McMahon Johnson was an American writer best remembered for his stories and novels cataloguing the educational and personal growth of the fictional character Dink Stover. The "Lawrenceville Stories", set in the well-known prep school, invite comparison with Kipling's Stalky & Co. A 1950 film, The Happy Years, and a 1987 PBS mini-series, The Lawrenceville Stories, were based on them.
