If you approach these tales with the proper frame of mind, the ridiculous aspects become sources of delight—no different from the outrageous elements in a play by Ionesco or Beckett. Perhaps we should simply classify the locked room mystery as a branch of absurdist literature, and leave it at that. The entrance of the orangutan is exactly what such a story needs and deserves.
Saturday, February 12, 2022
In case you wondered …
… How to Commit Murder Inside a Locked Room - by Ted Gioia. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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