Thu 23 Oct 2008
RON GOULART and GROUCHO MARX.
Posted by Steve under Authors , Bibliographies, Lists & Checklists , Characters[2] Comments
When Ron Goulart came to Gary Lovisi’s paperback show this past Sunday, it was as a guest, and he had with him copies of Cheap Thrills and Good Girl Art available for sale and signing. See my previous post, and in particular Walker Martin’s comment in which he describes each of them more fully. He also praises them both very highly, a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with.
I asked Ron if he still had copies, and he says no, but they’re both easily available from Amazon and other Internet dealers as well as the publisher, hermespress.com.
He does have copies of books in his “Groucho Marx, Detective” series, though, which he’ll gladly sell you for $20 each and pictorially autograph in his inimitable style (my words). You can email him if you’re interested, or just to say hello. (Click on the link.)
None of the Groucho books ever came out in paperback, which is a criminal offense in itself. The only editions were hardcovers from St. Martin’s Press. Here’s a complete list. (You’ll have to ask him which ones he has.)
Groucho Marx, Master Detective (1998)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (1999)
Groucho Marx, Private Eye (1999)
Groucho Marx and the Broadway Murders (2001)
Groucho Marx, Secret Agent (2002)
Groucho Marx, King of the Jungle (2005)
From my copy:
January 14th, 2015 at 4:23 pm
Someone write a series of mystery stories featuring Groucho as the detective? I don’t grasp why anyone would do that. It has no semblance to reality at all, its taking a very vivid real life personality and grafting it into a complete fiction. Bewildering!
June 11th, 2016 at 7:08 pm
Love love love them all wish you would write more.Groucho would have been flattered.