by Stanley Ellin · Rivages · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782869300385
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«La corrida des pendus» is Stanley Ellin's suspense novel, published by Rivages in paperback (318 pages, in French).
The plot starts from the supposed portrait of an unknown prostitute that Gauguin allegedly painted in Panama in 1888; that painting connects the mystery with Guano Island, off Peru, and with an annual ceremony from which only the winner returns.
The novel, originally titled «The Panama Portrait», was published in 1962; this French edition appeared in 1986 in the Rivages/Noir collection, and Stanley Ellin won seven Edgar Awards.
For those who appreciate suspense stories with an artistic backdrop and award-winning authors of the genre.
Stanley Bernard Ellin was an American mystery writer. Ellin was born in Brooklyn, New York. After a brief tenure in the Army, at the insistence of his wife, Ellin began writing full time. While his novels are acclaimed, he is best known for his short stories. In May 1948, his first sale, and one of Ellin's most famous short stories, "The Specialty of the House", appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
